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Affordable Housing Trust recommends keeping 10% accessibility minimum; CPC members caution about raising baseline
Summary
The Worcester Affordable Housing Trust Fund recommended the Community Preservation Committee retain a 10% minimum for accessible units (one-unit floor) rather than raising the baseline to 15% or two units, citing financial feasibility concerns for smaller developers and the effect of limited CPA funding.
The Worcester Affordable Housing Trust Fund urged the Community Preservation Committee on Sept. 16 to maintain a minimum requirement of 10% accessible units with a one-unit floor for projects that use Trust funding, rather than increasing the baseline to 15% or two accessible units.
Jeanette (Jen) [last name not specified in transcript], manager of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, told the committee the Trust has required a minimum of 10% accessible units (with a one-unit floor) since its first round of funding, and that "this standard already doubles what the state building code…
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