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Economic development staff describe ARPA‑funded pilot to preserve naturally occurring affordable housing and plan zoning rewrite
Summary
Economic Development reported a small‑scale ARPA pilot to preserve NOAH with deed‑restriction payments to landlords, and said the department will add a long‑range planner to begin implementation and prepare a zoning‑rewrite request for proposals.
WORCESTER, Mass. — Economic Development Director John Dunn told the finance committee on Tuesday that the city used roughly $1 million in ARPA funds for a pilot designed to preserve naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) by offering payments to landlords who agreed to deed restrictions limiting rents for a set number of years.
Dunn said the city expended a modest portion of the pilot — “somewhere between $100,000 and $200,000” — and that per‑unit incentives ranged roughly from $10,000 to $20,000…
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