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Community Supported Housing Strategies Housing Roundtable FRCOG, April 8, 2019 Katy Lacy, Senior Project Manager klacy@mhp.net About MHP MHP is a quasi-public agency started in 1985 with the goal of using private investment to bring more


  1. Community Supported Housing Strategies Housing Roundtable FRCOG, April 8, 2019 Katy Lacy, Senior Project Manager klacy@mhp.net

  2. About MHP MHP is a quasi-public agency started in 1985 with the goal of using private investment to bring more affordable housing to Massachusetts • Permanent Financing for Affordable Housing over $1.1 billion for the financing of 22,000 rental units • • ONE Mortgage Program Over 19,300 low- and moderate-income families have purchased their first homes with over $3.1 billion in private financing • Community Assistance • Center for Housing Data

  3. For information on registration and agenda, contact Katie Bosse at Kbosse@mhp.net

  4. Accessory Dwelling Units: Detached, Attached or Within Primary Dwelling

  5. 3-2 Family Homes Lawrence MA (by-Right) Somerville, MA Single Family to Duplex Mansfeild, MA (by-Right)

  6. Reducing Minimum Lot Size If Massachusetts built new housing at an average of 4 units per acre -- consistent with other states -- we could build enough additional housing to meet demand while consuming less land and preserving more open space. Source: http://www.massgrowth.net/writable/resource s/document/cape_ann_report.pdf Communities that have done this recently: • Ashburnam • Northampton • Sturbridge • Beverly Dennis • • Montague • Provincetown

  7. Development of Non-Conforming Lots for Affordable Housing Town Of Dennis Pre-existing lot (on record as of 2003) 10,000 sf minimum lot size 3-bedroom maximum Special Permit Required

  8. Mixed-Use, “Top of Shop”

  9. “Cluster Zoning”: FRD, OSRD, OSD Rocky Hill, Northampton (Co-Housing) Cottages at River Hill-”Starter Homes” Allows for flexible design • • Requires open space preservation • Typically Uses “Base” density $$ • Minimum Lot Size can be an impediment-Northampton recently reduced Katywil, Colrain –Cluster Subdivision

  10. Planned Unit Development (PUD, PURD, PRD) • Dimensional Flexibility • Increased density (# of Units) • Can require Smaller Units • Typically Overlay Districts (Special Permits) • Can Allow Mix of Uses • Does not always require open-space set-aside Pulpit Hill Co-Housing, Amherst (PURD) Riverwalk “Cottage Community” Concord

  11. Leverett Homeownership Assistance Program Max purchase price: $275,000 Up to 20% ($50,000) of sale price Managed by Regional Housing Authority

  12. Norfolk MAHT Small Scale Homeownership Sold for $140k in 2014 20+ homes 3/year Sold for $155k in 2015 $300k All on range SHI

  13. Sudbury MAHT Home Preservation Program $180,000+ Identify Negotiate Lottery average house price subsidy

  14. Smaller 40R Districts Belmont, MA: A Smaller 40R Our Lady of Mercy / Oakley • 18 Units / 1.5 acres • 4 Sub-districts / Housing Mix • All Rental-25% Affordable • Belmont Housing Trust 16

  15. Senior Housing: Think Regionally • 11.2-acre site purchased by the Town of Eastham • 65 Units Senior Housing • 11 units @ 30 percent of AMI • 39 units @ 60 percent of AMI • 15 units@ 90% AMI • 3 units will be for adults with disabilities • Supported with CPA funds from Wellfleet, Eastham, and Orleans • Multiple financing sources, including MHP LIP 40B: A Useful Tool Local Initiative Project (LIP) Comprehensive Permit (40B)

  16. Bringing it all together….. Goshen Senior Housing 10 affordable units (rental) HillTown CDC Comprehensive Permit (40B) Financing • $130,000 CPA funds from Town • CEDAC Funds for Land Acquisition • Community Scale Housing Initiative Funds from DHCD/Affordable Housing Trust Fund MHP Permanent Financing •

  17. Community Scale Housing Initiative (CHSI) • Passed in 2018 • Limited to Municipalities < 200,000 Projects 5-20 units • • Minimum 20% Affordable • $200,000 Subsidy per Unit • TDC< $350,000 • Funds from MassHousing and DHCD Scotts Grove, West Tisbury (9 units) Contact: Lynn Sheilds or Terry Farmer Lshields@Masshousing.com (617-854- 1381) Theresa.farmer@state.ma.us (617-573- 1326). Herring Brook Senior Housing, Norwell (18 units)

  18. Regional Housing Services Offices

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