Affordable Housing Goals Other Communities

Housing Goals Discussion

Examples from other communities

- To allow municipal workers - police, firefighters, teachers - and other key occupations such as health aides, nurses, pre-school teachers to live in
- To lessen the housing cost burden felt by renters and
- To add to diversity in
- To create higher-density zoning near transit stations and/or bus
- To expand the grand list and revenues by adding housing in market
- To allow Baby Boomers/empty nesters to
- To allow adult children to come back to live in the town they grew up in and attract potential home-buying Millennials to move to the
- To add to the range of housing options by expanding approval of ADUs.
- To rehabilitate and upgrade existing old/substandard
- To increase the percentage of
- To add moderately (60%-80% AMI) or deeply (30%-50%) affordable units for workers and
- To add mid-range homes (80%-%120 AMI) so wealthier households don't rent/buy down and drive up
- To add Multifamily housing and generally diversify types, BR sizes and footprints of housing
- Some towns feel it's their responsibility to create a wider range of housing options so workers who commute to the town or others who wish to move into town can afford to live in the

• Potential methods to achieve your goals

Assess areas to rezone: commercial, industrial, near stations, along bus routes and commercial
Inventory all unused or vacant industrial-zoned properties for
Survey/hold discussions with landowners interested in rezoning/selling their properties for MF housing as big city redevelopment authorities
Invite developers to town to assess where density, mixed-income affordable rent levels could
Consider use of such policies as tax abatements, relaxed parking requirements, higher densities, inclusionary zoning, density bonuses, municipal subsidies or incurring costs otherwise born by developers