<div dir="ltr">Hi Martha,<div>Beverly adopted an Inclusionary Ordinance in 2007 (written with the help of Judi Barrett) and made some amendments in 2016. You can find the language here: <a href="https://ecode360.com/29285153" target="_blank">https://ecode360.com/29285153</a>. While the Ordinance anticipated a housing trust, we did not establish the Beverly Affordable Housing Trust until 2017 when we first started to bring in money from the fee in lieu payment. Though Beverly has a Housing Authority, there is no connection between that organization and the Inclusionary Ordinance. I think our Ordinance has generally worked well and created approximately 75 affordable units. </div><div><br></div><div>The 2016 amendments both lowered the threshold for inclusionary housing from 10 units to 6 units and provided more options to reach greater affordability. For example, a developer could choose from 12% of units at 80% AMI, 8% of units at 60% AMI or a combination, where previously the only option was 12% at 80%, because strictly 80% AMI was not reaching the affordability we needed. We have found that most developments since the change are opting for the 60% AMI or combination. We will be taking another look at how we can create/require even greater affordability / more units. </div><div><br></div><div>There has been some recent resistance in our community to the fee in lieu option (despite that generating $1m we have since invested in other affordable housing projects) and the "credit unit" option whereby a developer can take credit for units offsite or on another site. The Fee in Lieu has not been used since we changed the calculations in 2017 (increased cost per unit). </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to Katrina for noting our efforts on our Trust. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(31,78,121)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121);font-size:large">Darlene Wynne, AICP</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="color:gray"><font face="times new roman, serif">City of Beverly</font></span></i><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;color:gray">Director of Planning & Community Development</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;color:gray">978-605-2341</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;color:gray"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:dwynne@beverlyma.gov" target="_blank">dwynne@beverlyma.gov</a></span></span></i><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;color:gray"><br></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1YLZ8WVjCU2w3bPsYpcuHS4XU_tk8qpXO&revid=0B9ALRqvKVYgmMkZGbXJBSkR5VHIzY3lFZUpXNEIyUUk5cTVBPQ" width="96" height="96"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;color:gray">--</span></i><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;color:gray">When responding, please be aware that the Massachusetts Secretary
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