Quincy to buy nine houses for school expansion
“Since finding out that her house is among nine the city of Quincy is planning to take for a $12 million North Quincy High School campus expansion project, Vicki L. Tasney’s life has been filled with stress and uncertainty.
She was left in the lurch in May after the roommate of the tenant renting the other half of her Hunt Street duplex died. The remaining tenant can afford to pay less than half of the total rent, but Tasney said she cannot advertise for a new tenant because she does not know how much longer her family home will be standing.
For her husband, Lawrence, the thought of losing the home they’ve lived in since 1973 has been harder to accept, she said.
“When I ask my husband what kind of house he wants, he says, ‘The one we have,’” Tasney said. “We’re not happy” with the situation.
City officials are hoping to buy all the homes under what they call friendly takings, by the end of the month, said City Solicitor James Timmins. They began negotiations with most of the property owners last month, days after the June 12 City Council authorization of the project’s financing, have already signed purchase-and-sale agreements with two homeowners, and are “very close” to signing with three others, he said.”
Conti, Katheleen. Boston Globe 17 July 2014.