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The town has scheduled an open house for Sunday as part of a Plan B to sell a newly renovated home on Arthur Street.
Maureen O’Hagan, the town’s lottery agent, said no one applied by Wednesday’s deadline to enter a housing lottery to buy the downtown home, which is near Butterworth Park.
So with the lottery that was scheduled for next Tuesday now canceled, the town invites house hunters to stop by 204 Arthur St. on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. to check out the four-bedroom home.
O'Hagan said it will go on a first-come, first-served basis.
A nonprofit housing development arm of the Framingham Housing Authority bought the house as part of the town’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program and converted it from an illegal three-family to a single-family home with selling points.
Gene Kennedy, the town’s assistant director of Community and Economic Development, said the town has to decide how to sell the home.
“One option is to proceed and just list it on MLS and maybe re-evaluate the price,” he said.
The town planned to sell the home for $310,000, minus a $25,000 subsidy to encourage the family that moves in to stay for at least 10 years. That brings the price down to $280,000.
O’Hagan said one family showed interest and was an ideal fit, but an emergency prevented them from applying.
“They weren’t able to move forward with it,” she said.
For more information about Sunday’s open house, call Maureen O’Hagan at 781-631-0915.
The town has scheduled an open house for Sunday as part of a Plan B to sell a newly renovated home on Arthur Street.
Maureen O’Hagan, the town’s lottery agent, said no one applied by Wednesday’s deadline to enter a housing lottery to buy the downtown home, which is near Butterworth Park.
So with the lottery that was scheduled for next Tuesday now canceled, the town invites house hunters to stop by 204 Arthur St. on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. to check out the four-bedroom home.
O'Hagan said it will go on a first-come, first-served basis.
A nonprofit housing development arm of the Framingham Housing Authority bought the house as part of the town’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program and converted it from an illegal three-family to a single-family home with selling points.
Gene Kennedy, the town’s assistant director of Community and Economic Development, said the town has to decide how to sell the home.
“One option is to proceed and just list it on MLS and maybe re-evaluate the price,” he said.
The town planned to sell the home for $310,000, minus a $25,000 subsidy to encourage the family that moves in to stay for at least 10 years. That brings the price down to $280,000.
O’Hagan said one family showed interest and was an ideal fit, but an emergency prevented them from applying.
“They weren’t able to move forward with it,” she said.
For more information about Sunday’s open house, call Maureen O’Hagan at 781-631-0915.
