BOSTON — Boston's Mayor's Office of Housing said in its October newsletter, released Monday, that a former hotel at 900 Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester has reopened as 99 studio apartments for older adults who have been chronically homeless.

Mayor Michelle Wu joined The Community Builders and Pine Street Inn, which developed the project together, at a grand opening Oct. 7, the office said. The apartments are fully furnished and deeply affordable, and residents will have support services on site, according to the city.

In Roxbury, Urban Edge and Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation opened Bartlett Station Building 5 on Oct. 28, adding 44 income-restricted rental homes as part of the continuing redevelopment of the Bartlett Station area, the office said.

On Oct. 29, city officials and DVM Housing Partners, Oxbow Urban and JGE Development broke ground on Mission Hill Pathway, on long-vacant city-owned land in Mission Hill. The project is to include 48 income-restricted homes for first-time buyers earning 80% to 100% of the area median income, along with about 30,000 square feet of recreational space and urban agriculture, community gardens, public open space and commercial space for local businesses. The city described the development as all-electric and net zero carbon.

The housing office also said construction has started on NUBA Homes in Roxbury's Nubian Square, 45 homes for buyers earning 80% to 120% of the area median income, built with Urbanica, MassHousing and the city's Planning Department. It is part of a larger redevelopment of the publicly owned Parcel 8 site that is planned to include 109 homes, artist live-work space, commercial and cultural space and a public park.

Separately, the city's Housing Innovation Lab is taking entries for its Child-Friendly Housing Design Challenge through 11:59 p.m. Nov. 15. The contest is open to architects, builders, designers, contractors and design-build teams practicing in Massachusetts, and the winning team for each site will receive $10,000, the office said.

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