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Yarmouth Affordable Housing Trust outlines mixed‑use corridor strategy and forgivable loan program
Summary
At an April 22 workshop the Affordable Housing Trust described matching funds for a village‑scale mixed‑use planning grant, a grayfield/blighted property forgivable loan program and recent project activity including work with Habitat for Humanity.
Bob Lawton, Yarmouth town administrator, and members of the Affordable Housing Trust described the trust’s current priorities at an April 22 affordable housing workshop: support for village‑scale mixed‑use development along Route 28, grayfield and blighted property predevelopment assistance, and project work with Habitat for Humanity.
Lawton summarized the trust’s statutory basis and mission, saying the trust was established in 2007 and that the Commonwealth’s enabling legislation (Acts of 2004, Chapter 491) created a municipal affordable housing trust mechanism for local governments. He said the town’s goal remains at least 10% of the year‑round housing stock classified as affordable;…
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