Community Supported Housing Strategies · 2019. 4. 12. · MHP is a quasi-public agency started in...
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Community Supported Housing Strategies
Housing Roundtable
FRCOG, April 8, 2019
Katy Lacy, Senior Project Manager
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 ProgramOver 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
About MHP
For information on registration and agenda, contact Katie Bosse at
Accessory Dwelling Units: Detached, Attached or Within Primary Dwelling
3-2 Family Homes
Mansfeild, MA (by-Right)
Lawrence MA (by-Right) Somerville, MA Single Family to Duplex
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/resources/document/cape_ann_report.pdf
Communities that have done this recently:
• Ashburnam• Northampton• Sturbridge• Beverly• Dennis• Montague• Provincetown
Development of Non-Conforming Lots for Affordable Housing
Town Of DennisPre-existing lot (on record as of 2003)10,000 sf minimum lot size3-bedroom maximumSpecial Permit Required
Mixed-Use, “Top of Shop”
“Cluster Zoning”: FRD, OSRD, OSD
Rocky Hill, Northampton (Co-Housing)
Cottages at River Hill-”Starter Homes”
Katywil, Colrain –Cluster Subdivision
• Allows for flexible design• Requires open space preservation• Typically Uses “Base” density $$• Minimum Lot Size can be an
impediment-Northampton recently reduced
Planned Unit Development (PUD, PURD, PRD)
Pulpit Hill Co-Housing, Amherst (PURD)
• 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
Riverwalk “Cottage Community” Concord
LeverettHomeownership Assistance Program
Max purchase price: $275,000
Up to 20% ($50,000) of sale price
Managed by Regional Housing Authority
Norfolk MAHTSmall Scale Homeownership
20+ homes
$300k range
3/year
All on SHI
Sold for $155k in 2015
Sold for $140k in 2014
Sudbury MAHTHome Preservation Program
Identify house
Negotiate price
Lottery$180,000+
average subsidy
16
Our Lady of Mercy / Oakley
•18 Units / 1.5 acres
• 4 Sub-districts / Housing Mix
•All Rental-25% Affordable
•Belmont Housing Trust
Smaller 40R Districts Belmont, MA: A Smaller 40R
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 ToolLocal Initiative Project (LIP)Comprehensive Permit (40B)
Bringing it all together…..
Goshen Senior Housing10 affordable units (rental)HillTown CDCComprehensive 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
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)
Herring Brook Senior Housing, Norwell (18 units)
Contact: Lynn Sheilds or Terry [email protected] (617-854-
1381) [email protected] (617-573-1326).
Regional Housing Services Offices