[Massplanners] Small Scale Affordable Housing and Inclusionary Zoning

[Daniel Fortier]

Anne

All depends on the density bonus you are offering. I can offer up a couple examples.

163 Upper County Road, Dennis Port. Four rental units on a site that that traditionally allowed one dwelling. Special Permit allowed four three a bedroom units to replace a burned out dwelling. Protection for the lot had been lost due to the number of years since the fire. Two of the u its are at 80% of median.

549 Center Street, Dennis Port. 12 for sale units, 3 affordable at 80% of median. Site would have allowed two dwellings.

Have a few others, single unit at 80% on a merged lot (built) and 8 units (2 sites delayed due to appeals one just got its permits). The two above are built and can be seen on a drive by.

Dan Fortier, AICP
Retired Planner




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Dear Planners,
Wondering if any of you have experience with small scale deed restricted affordable housing projects and could share the details. We are exploring inclusionary housing outside of our 40R District. We are trying to gauge how small a project can be (# of units) to start requiring deed restricted affordable units. Our concern is that mandatory inclusionary provisions will make housing development unfeasible for typical multifamily development (under 8-12 units) and push development of the missing middle housing, which we very desperately need, elsewhere. Very interested in your thoughts.
Thanks,
Anne Capra

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Anne Capra, AICP
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Town of South Hadley
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