[Massplanners] Resources / Process for Creating Affordable Housing for Veterans

[Lynne D. Sweet]

MHP would be a great resource for you to have Lauri Shuffelt come and talk with you about affordable housing planning options, land dispositions etc.

Our office has worked on studies for veterans housing and just completed one for Chelsea Soldiers Home.

Soldier On is a great resource as they understand the wrap around services that veteran needs.

There are other developers like Winn, Maloney and Pennrose that are working on veterans housing, as well as veterans in transition.

It is complicated as the needs and economics of older veterans differ from younger veterans.

Good luck.
Lynne

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From: MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> On Behalf Of Eric Salerno via MassPlanners
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 10:07 AM
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Subject: [Massplanners] Resources / Process for Creating Affordable Housing for Veterans

All,

If any of your communities have gone through a process to coordinate a donation of private land to a developer (or the municipality itself) specifically for the purpose of creating affordable housing for veterans, please let me (us) know.

Questions:
Are there advantages of encouraging the private land owner to select a developer to donate land to, or are there advantages to donating to the Town or an Affordable Housing Trust instead?
I'll reach out to DHCD, but I'm trying to determine if a friendly 40B / LIP / LAU process is the obvious path forward, or if there is something else specific for veterans housing.

I have been pointed to Soldier On<https://wesoldieron.org/permanenthousingdevelopments/>, a project sponsor/developer who has done some incredible work, including an upcoming project in Tewksbury, and others completed in Pittsfield, Chicopee, Agawam, and Northampton. Their experience with DHCD and affordable housing seems to make them a great choice, but I also wanted to see if there were any others to consider.

Thank you,
-Eric

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