After six years of fighting, residents of the Fairlawn Estates in Mattapan can breathe a sigh of relief: their market-rate homes will permanently become affordable. “By securing these homes as ...

Wu said Monday that the city has dipped into its American Rescue Plan Act allocation for the acquisition of The Fairlawn Estates, a collection of 12 apartment buildings and a leasing office ...

Fairlawn Estates, a large rental housing development in Mattapan, has been purchased by a Boston company that plans to keep all of its 347 units “affordable” with the help of a $10 million grant from ...

The city of Boston has acquired 347 market-rate units at Mattapan’s Fairlawn Estates for $10 million to use as affordable housing, Mayor Michelle Wu said Monday. City officials acquired the ...

“This has been years of pain and struggle.” The saga at Fairlawn Estates highlights how vulnerable many residents of the city are to big rent increases, and why policy makers should prioritize ...

A gathering at Fairlawn Estates in Mattapan at the announcement of the deal to make the complex affordable. From left to right, tenant organizer Annie Gordon, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, tenant ...

Related Beal has bought a 347-unit apartment complex in Mattapan and changed the homes from market-rate to income-restricted.