Burlington Housing Partnership

03/01/2026

The Town of Burlington is hosting an open house for Unit 206, a senior affordable homeownership opportunity at Grandview Commons.

The open house will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2026 from 5:00 PM–6:00 PM and Thursday, March 5 from 11:00 AM–12:00 PM. Please meet at the front entrance of the building at the start of each open house. Attendees will then be guided to view the unit.

The application period runs now through March 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM, with the housing lottery scheduled for March 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM via Zoom. For full details and application materials, visit https://www.burlington.org/AffordableHousing

If you have questions, please call 781-270-1600 or email [email protected].

12/19/2025

The Town of Burlington is accepting applications for Unit 210, a senior affordable homeownership opportunity at Grandview Commons.

This 2-bedroom, 2-bath condominium is priced at $288,600 and available through an affordable housing lottery. The unit includes a balcony, washer and dryer, central air, parking, and storage. Eligibility requirements, income limits, and resale restrictions apply. For full details and application materials, visit burlington.org/567/Affordable-Housing

The application period runs now through January 20, 2026 at 1 PM, with the housing lottery scheduled for February 3, 2026 at 2 PM via Zoom.

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please call the Town Administration Office at 781-270-1600 or email [email protected].

06/23/2025

Town cooling center at Human Services Building Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during the heat wave from 11-7pm

05/24/2025

We are so excited to announce that Wildmere playground is now open for play! If you have a chance this weekend, head down there and check it out!

02/19/2025

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02/18/2025

Since the MBTA Communities Act was passed, questions, concerns, and criticism about the law have abounded. Where do these misconceptions come from? Short answer: A general fear of the new and unknown. Such worries are common and understandable, especially when it comes to changes happening in your community, there’s often an overall misconception that new housing is going to hurt your neighborhood or hurt your property values, and that allowing more flexible zoning is going to be the vehicle that drives that. Experts debunk 7 common myths about the law.

We asked for your questions about the controversial multi-family zoning law. Housing and zoning experts debunk common misconceptions.

12/23/2024

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11/29/2024

The plan is intended to solve a “missing middle” problem laid out in Burlington’s 2022 Housing Needs Assessment: Burlington has a lot of single-family homes and several large multi-family apartment complexes, but it’s missing a lot of other housing types (townhomes, row houses, duplexes) to meet the needs of current and future residents.

The Burlington Planning Department is finalizing a plan to create a mixed-use middle housing overlay district in Burlington’s Town Center – in other words, areas where developers can build three-story […]

10/29/2024

“It’s nearly impossible for builders to construct a starter home [on a larger lot] because the economics don’t work out,” Brennan explained, but now opportunities will open up for local builders to build smaller homes, filling the “missing middle” between apartments and large square-footage homes.

Lot mergers are now reversed, opening up land for starter home construction under a new Massachusetts state law. Photo by David McBee on Pexels. A new law

10/07/2024

The Planning Board is hoping to update Burlington’s current zoning bylaws in advance of February, when the state law allowing accessory dwelling units is set to go into effect.

The Planning Board will put forth a bylaw amendment governing accessory dwelling units in Burlington for January Town Meeting