BOSTON October 9, 2015 — The Charlesview Residences and The Town Homes at Brighton Mills in the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Mass., were selected as recipients of the 2015 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Terwilliger Center for Housing Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award. The award—announced Wednesday Oct. 7 —honors developments that ensure housing affordability for people with a range of incomes.

ULI established the Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award in 2008, naming it in memory of Jack Kemp, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and ULI Twerlinger Center national advisory board member. The award is given annually to affordable and workforce housing developments that represent outstanding achievements in several areas, including affordability, innovative financing and building technologies, proximity to employment centers and transportation hubs, quality of design, involvement of public/private partnerships, and replicability of the development, among other criteria.

Posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2015