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Acton boards direct staff to pursue tiered inclusionary-zoning option for MBTA overlay
Summary
MAPC presented an economic feasibility analysis of inclusionary zoning for Acton's MBTA overlay districts; the Select Board, Planning Board and ACHC provided guidance favoring a tiered policy (higher depth for larger projects; 10% at 80% AMI for small projects) and asked staff to refine options for hearings and town-meeting consideration.
MAPC planner Emma Udellovich presented an economic feasibility analysis to the Select Board, Planning Board and Acton Community Housing Corporation on Dec. 1 showing that the current baseline (10% of units at 80% area median income) is viable across project scales while deeper affordability targets tend to pencil out only for larger projects.
Kayla Sauer, Acton's planning director, said the analysis was funded by a state planning grant and designed to help the town decide whether to raise the affordability requirement in MBTA overlay districts beyond…
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