APA-MA Inclusionary Zoning Conference
Getting Units to “Count” on the SHI
May 18, 2014
Toni Coyne Hall
Aaron Gornstein, Undersecretary
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
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”.
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
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
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
Counting Units-Local Action
Local Initiative Program
Long term deed
restriction
Affirmative Marketing
3 page Application
LIP/Local Action UnitsProject Types
New construction
Building conversion
Adaptive reuse
Substantial
rehabilitation
New affordability in
vacant units
LIP/Local Action UnitsProject Types
Site Reuse
New Construction
2 affordable rentals
Fair Housing Framework
Obligation to affirmatively further fair
housing
maximum opportunities for persons
protected under fair housing laws
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
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
Helpful Hints
Political will
Plan/strategy
Use existing
rules/regulations
Capacity
Education
Relationships
Contact Information
DHCD
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 300
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Phone: 617.573.1351
www.mass.gov/dhcd