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Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), a Boston-based nonprofit, is planning to convert a portion of the Sacred Heart property in East Cambridge into affordable rental housing. The Sacred Heart property currently consists of a school building, convent, rectory, chapel, and church facility. The plan calls for the adaptive reuse of the former convent, school, and rectory buildings into 46 affordable rental apartments, with housing options for a range of resident incomes. As part of the renovation, POAH will restore the structures’ historic facades and interiors. The church and the chapel will continue to be used by the Archdiocese.
The project is being permitted under the provisions of the Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO).