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Acton Select Board and Planning Board adopt 2025 Housing Production Plan focused on household diversity and wastewater options
Summary
Acton’s Select Board and Planning Board voted May 19 to adopt the town’s 2025 Housing Production Plan after a one‑week extension of public comment and targeted edits to emphasize household diversity, wastewater options and deed‑restricted versus naturally affordable units.
Acton’s Select Board and Planning Board voted on May 19 to adopt a revised 2025 Housing Production Plan (HPP) that town staff and boards say balances state production requirements with local priorities such as household diversity, aging‑in‑place strategies and options for wastewater management.
The boards extended the public comment period for one week following an earlier joint session and then incorporated multiple public and technical comments into the plan. Planning staff summarized the changes at the joint meeting: clarifying Goal 2 to emphasize encouraging a diversity of household types—especially households underserved by the market; expanding Goal 8 to cover both deed‑restricted and naturally affordable units; and modifying language throughout the document to reference…
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