Guidelines For Evaluating Community Housing Opportunities

Community Housing proposals which address as many of the following guidelines as possible will receive preference:
 
  • Contribute to the goal of achieving 10% affordable housing
  • Promote a socioeconomic environment that encourages a diversity of income, ethnicity, religion and age
  • Provide housing that is harmonious in design and scale with the surrounding community
  • Intermingle affordable and market rate housing at levels that exceed state requirements for percentage of affordable units
  • Ensure long-term affordability
  • Promote use of existing buildings or construction on previously developed or Town-owned sites
  • Convert market rate to affordable units