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Advocates propose reforms to HDIP, urging subsidy shift to mixed‑income and affordability targets

5102718 · June 25, 2025
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Witnesses asked the committee to refocus the Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) toward mixed‑income outcomes and to set affordability targets so state subsidies in gateway cities also serve very low‑income households.

Several housing advocates and legal service organizations urged the Joint Committee on Housing to reform the Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) so the program supports mixed‑income development rather than exclusively subsidizing market‑rate units in gateway cities.

Judith Lieben of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute told the committee HDIP has in practice flowed to market‑rate, higher‑rent developments. She…

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