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Board weighs workforce housing options — tie ADUs, bonuses and deed restrictions into compliance plan
Summary
Planners debated whether to treat ADUs as part of the town’s workforce-housing response, how to structure density bonuses in commercial districts, and tradeoffs of deed restrictions and long-term affordability controls.
The Brentwood Planning Board discussed strategies to satisfy the state workforce‑housing law while tailoring protections to local conditions on Sept. 24. Members considered whether ADUs, multifamily bonuses, and deed‑restricted units could be combined to meet the state’s requirement for “reasonable opportunities” for workforce housing.
Some members suggested using ADUs broadly because ADUs create distributed small units across residential lots; others cautioned that ADUs rented at workforce levels would…
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