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Revere council adopts housing production plan; trust to pursue six city properties for affordable housing
Summary
The Revere City Council approved a housing production plan 8–3; the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board plans to seek conveyance of six tax-title properties and pursue an RFP to develop affordable units. The council also approved local tax-incentive districts (HDIP) now under state review.
The Revere City Council voted 8–3 last week to adopt the city's Housing Production Plan, a five-year strategy that lays out zoning and development tools the city may use to increase affordable housing supply. The plan removed a proposal to allow single-room-occupancy units (SROs) by right and narrowed language about allowing two- and three-family buildings and zero-lot-line construction until the city takes targeted zoning steps.
The plan gives the city a menu of tools it can pursue; each tool will require a separate council vote if the city decides to implement it. Council members made several minor edits before adoption, including striking the SRO-by-right proposal after public and…
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