Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Affordable housing

[Jim Snyder-Grant (Jim_Snyder-Grant.LOTUS]

New View (Acton MA) is using two sorts of density bonuses:

1) Giving $100,000 to the affordable Housing Commission gave us 2 extra units.

2) Building an affordable unit ($90,000, in Acton, and the household has to 
earn less than $38,500, I think)  on site gave us another.

Understanding & interpreting the affordable housing statute took a long time in 
Acton & had some twists & turns (i.e. different officials told us different 
things).  The bylaw in Acton is a bit 'rusty' from disuse. I might have the 
exact numbers a bit wrong - the numbers changed a few times.

The process didn't add on to our development timeline, which was stretched by 
other negotiating & permitting factors way beyond what the affordable housing 
conversations took.

-JSG