Staff proposes targeted edits to Revere’s housing production plan; council keeps item in committee

Tom Skoralski, the city’s chief of planning and community development, presented proposed edits to Revere’s draft Housing Production Plan (HPP) at the City Council meeting on Jan. 27 and the council agreed to keep the item in committee for further refinement.

Skoralski said the staff is proposing several targeted changes to language in the draft plan to respond to councilor concerns. “One proposed change that I…would propose is we remove [single-room occupancy] from the plan,” Skoralski said, referring to permanent supportive SRO housing language that drew objections in earlier meetings. He described the removal as reflecting “pretty widespread agreement among the council.”

Skoralski outlined other edits he will circulate in writing: (1) rephrase a passage so the city would be offered—rather than be required to purchase—the right of first refusal from multifamily property owners (he…