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Committee backs FY2026–2030 housing production plan, adds strategies on vacancies and monitoring
Summary
The committee recommended adoption of the city’s FY2026–2030 Housing Production Plan, endorsing planning board suggested revisions and three added strategies: analyze vacant rental housing using the city property data platform, strengthen affordable housing monitoring and increase referrals to community partners to prevent displacement.
The Worcester City Standing Committee on Economic Development voted to endorse the city’s FY2026–2030 Housing Production Plan, as amended based on planning board recommendations, and sent the plan forward for adoption by the full City Council.
Peter Dunn, chief development officer, said the planning board reviewed a prior draft and recommended edits that the administration incorporated. The board’s changes included reframing a strategy about planning staff capacity from a study to an explicit increase in staffing to boost implementation; Dunn noted the FY2026 budget has added a long‑range planning position dedicated…
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