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