iz workshop 2014: dhcd getting units to count
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APA-MA Inclusionary Zoning Conference
Getting Units to “Count” on the SHI
May 18, 2014
Toni Coyne Hall
Aaron Gornstein, Undersecretary
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DHCD Key Initiatives
Working in Partnership with Communities
Expanding Housing Opportunities
Improving Public Housing
Preventing Foreclosure
Ending Homelessness
Investing in Community Development and
Revitalization
Building Economic Security and Self-
Sufficiency
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Mission
Part of the Secretariat:
Executive Office of Housing and Economic
Development (“EOHED”).
EOHED’s mission is “the creation of homes and
jobs in the Commonwealth”.
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About LIP Local Initiative Program
Established in 1990
Non-financial subsidy program
Locally initiated development
projects
Board of Selectmen/Mayor must
endorse
Access to the Comprehensive
Permit process and Local Action
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LIP/Local Action Units
Affordable Units that are ‘counted’
No Comprehensive Permit is used
Result of a municipal/local action
Each Project:
Affirmative fair marketing and lottery
plan
Sale price/rent is affordable
Long term restrictions
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What IsThe Subsidized
Housing Inventory
A list of the number of subsidized units in each
community and the percentage of all units.
Units count if:
—Developed under a state or federal eligible
subsidy program
—Affordable to households at or below 80% of
area median income
—Have long term restrictions
—Are fairly marketed
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Counting Units-Local Action
Local Initiative Program
Long term deed
restriction
Affirmative Marketing
3 page Application
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LIP/Local Action UnitsProject Types
New construction
Building conversion
Adaptive reuse
Substantial
rehabilitation
New affordability in
vacant units
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LIP/Local Action UnitsProject Types
Site Reuse
New Construction
2 affordable rentals
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Fair Housing Framework
Obligation to affirmatively further fair
housing
maximum opportunities for persons
protected under fair housing laws
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Marketing Must Be Affirmative
The application process must be
explicitly fair in the Marketing Plan.
A local preference may not exceed more than 70% of the units in a Project
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After the House Is Built
Work seems to begin all over again
Relationships
Monitoring
Legal documents/regulations
Can provide guidance for you and the
homeowner
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Helpful Hints
Political will
Plan/strategy
Use existing
rules/regulations
Capacity
Education
Relationships
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Contact Information
DHCD
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 300
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Phone: 617.573.1351
www.mass.gov/dhcd