Affordable Housing Trust Recommends Poonam Mangal Withdrawal, Endorses Nancy Cook
Affordable Housing Trust · Meeting of February 4, 2026
Westford Affordable Housing Trust endorses Nancy Cook for committee membership. Cook, who has worked with Habitat for Humanity and serves on the Westford Council on Aging and Housing Authority boards, was unanimously recommended following Poonam Mangal's withdrawal. The committee continues supporting Ellen Harde's effort to lower the Area Median Income threshold for the Drew Farmhouse project to 50-55 percent.
Progress updates on three housing projects—35 Town Farm Road awaiting state funding, 37 Powers Road in design phase, and 219 Littleton Road—show incremental movement forward.
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Source: the Affordable Housing Trust meeting of February 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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