Documents & Links
Collection of informative documents and links related to the project
Shelter Proposal
Meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeal denying the appeal BOA1775900 asking to revoke the permit to operate a homeless shelter
Change of occupancy from Nursing home to Nursing home
and Congregate Facility Purpose (family shelter).
Overview of shelter proposal presented by Making Opportunity Count
Developer's Zoning Applications
Letter from owners attorney claiming the violations on the rejected application are not valid
Refusal letter from Boston's ISD stating the 2nd attempt for a proposed shelter is not an allowed use.
Refusal letter issued by Boston's ISD rejecting the application for a shelter at 5 Redlands Rd.
Outside Support to Stop the Illegal Shelter
Statement of Concerns over Safety, Zoning, and Community Input
Abutter's Zoning Appeal
Letter by the Executive Board of the WRCIA opposing the shelter proposal at 5 Redlands Rd.
Appeal entered by an abutter to the property claiming the building permit was issued in error.
Appeal entered by an abutter to the property claiming the building permit was issued in error.
Notice from the ZBA with date and time of hearing and address information for sending an opinion
Download the template letter and send it to the ZBA expressing your opinion on the shelter proposal.
Making Opportunity Count - Shelter Rules
Financial details of the $98 million contract between shelter operator and Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities. Full operating rules for how to run the shelter.
State policy document that determines what procedures should be followed with respect to criminal background checks and placement in the EA Family Shelter Program.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling saying the state cannot deny families seeking emergency shelter for failure to provide verification of eligibility at the time of initial application.
Assessment by Ed Davis of the Security and Safety-Related Protocol for the Emergency Assistance Shelter program
Letters from the Community
Letter to Governor Healey asking for a stop to the Redlands shelter project and presenting a petition signed by over 300 community members.
Community Letter to the Zoning Board of Appeal - June 2025
Letter from residents to the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal detailing our objections to this project and urging them to reject the proposal.
From the Senator Rush & Representative MacGregor
Latest letter from Massachusetts Senator Mike Rush and Representative Bill MacGregor urging EOHLC that "no further developments" be done on the project and that the "voices of neighbors and abutters are fully considered."
Follow-up letter to EOHLC informing the office they are aware that a lease had been signed despite "no information, and to our knowledge no public engagement" since their first letter.
Initial letter to EOHLC by MA Senator Mike Rush, Rep Bill MacGregor, and U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch calling for "a full stop on this process until constituents are engaged in a robust community process."
From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
EOHCL's response to the appeal decision where they refuse to comply with the demand from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to share public records related to 5 Redlands Rd.
Letter from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to EOHLC informing them of their obligation to comply with the public records request the had previously denied.