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Planning Commission asks staff to draft ordinance options for downtown diverse-housing requirement including fee-in-lieu, transfers and bonuses
Summary
The East Lansing Planning Commission voted to direct staff to draft ordinance language exploring area‑for transfers, a fee‑in‑lieu program, inclusion of Housing Choice Voucher units, and development incentives such as height or bonus units to meet downtown diverse‑housing requirements.
The East Lansing Planning Commission voted to ask city staff to prepare draft ordinance language to explore several changes to the city’s downtown diverse housing requirement, including area-for transfers, a fee‑in‑lieu option, whether Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) units should count as affordable units, and whether developers could receive height or bonus-unit incentives in exchange for meeting diverse‑housing targets.
Planning staff framed the item as a continuation of prior meetings. Landon Bartley said the discussion builds on the city’s existing requirement that 25% of certain new multifamily downtown units be “diverse” (owner‑occupied, affordable, 55+ or…
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