North Andover Fair Housing Alliance

01/20/2026

Make sure your voices are heard!

The Town of North Andover is exploring conceptual designs to improve the safety, accessibility, and appearance of the downtown. For more detailed information on the project goals, previous planning efforts, and technical analysis, please visit our project page: Engineering Design of DowntownStreetsc...

08/28/2024

Endorse.

07/31/2024

Timely and important reminder…

In a twist of irony, Louis Meyi, a member of Marblehead's Housing Production Plan Implementation Committee, has resigned after being forced to move out of town due to the very housing issues he was working to address. Meyi, in his late 70s, submitted his resignation letter on July 15, citing the lac...

06/24/2024

Very important!

Free meals don't end when school is out for the summer! Summer Eats is a Massachusetts statewide summer program that provides free-of-charge meals to all kids and teens, ages 18 and under. Kids and teens may eat at any Summer Eats location.

North Andover Schools will be offering “Summer Eats” meals, details are available on Library's site “Summer at the Stevens 2024”: https://stevensmemlib.libguides.com/summeratthestevens2024/summereats

For locations all over the state, visit Project Bread's site: https://www.projectbread.org/summer-eats-program

05/28/2024

Glad to see that most towns are making this work. It's not a panacea for the housing crisis, but every bit helps.

At least 67 communities have approved zoning they think will meet the law’s requirements, and roughly 50 of those votes have come in the last couple of months. Still, the opposition movement is gaining some momentum.

05/24/2024

Good perspective from Swampscott…

https://www.threads.net//post/C7Ums1EORou/?xmt=AQGz_91H4jhH9n4ici3CirpVrGegMVyCltYC_Al10p86IA

05/15/2024

We are grateful that the North Andover Town Meeting handily passed the MBTA Communities Act zoning.

We'd like to thank all of those who stayed for close to five hours to see this through. The debate was largely civil and substantive - we appreciate that we could disagree agreeably.

We are thankful that with this aspect of zoning behind us, we can continue the conversation about the housing needs of our residents.

05/10/2024

Members of the public had ample opportunity over the past two years to advocate for changes to the plan or suggest alternate locations if they didn’t like the ones chosen. Meetings were publicized and community input was strongly encouraged. The majority of feedback received on the plan put forward was favorable. Both the planning board and the select board have unanimously recommended a "YES" vote on Article 28 .

05/09/2024

On April 8, the North Andover Select Board unanimously recommended favorable action on Article 28. Our elected leaders agree: Compliance with the law is in the town's best interest.

05/09/2024

A "YES" vote on Article 28 allows North Andover to satisfy the requirements of the law, and remain eligible for grant funds. (In recent years we have received over $6 million in these types of grants.)

If and when a proposal comes in to build in the areas chosen, the Planning Board will have the ability to review it. The zoning allows for UP TO 1,365 units, however, proposed projects could result in less than the maximum due to dimensional, economic, and environmental factors.

Compliance with the law is not optional. In response to the mandate, our Select Board and Planning Board, with the guidance of professional consultants, chose locations they believe would be the best suited to accommodate housing and least disruptive to the surrounding area. Refusal to comply could cost us this opportunity to have a say in where it goes.

05/08/2024

There is a small group of people falsely claiming that the Article 28 vote is for/against a "mega-development". A strange claim to make when there are currently NO PROPOSALS to develop on the properties in question, and no guarantee that there ever will be. What is guaranteed: If Article 28 fails to pass, the town will take a major financial hit and taxpayers will be stuck with the lawyer's bills.

* North Andover will no longer be eligible for state grants. (In recent years the town has received over $6M in these types of grants)

*The town will potentially be subject to prosecution by the Attorney General (see: Milton, MA). The cost of litigation will fall to North Andover taxpayers.

*In the likely event the Attorney General wins and the town is forced to comply, the state may choose a zoning area without our approval.

05/08/2024

Town Meeting is next Tuesday, May 14th at 6:30 p.m. at N.A.H.S.

Article 28 is a zoning bylaw amendment that the Select Board and Planning Board are recommending favorable action (a "YES" vote) on. If approved, Article 28 will put North Andover in compliance with state law.

Here's some basic info on what the law is, the recommended plan for North Andover to meet its requirements, and how that plan was chosen.