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Baldwin City council approves RHID for Maplewood Place, clearing way for eight rental townhomes
Summary
The Baldwin City Council approved an RHID for Maplewood Place, a planned eight-unit townhome rental development the developer said requires both the city RHID and a state MIH grant to be viable; council debated rents and a roughly 22½-year tax-abatement term before approving the ordinance.
Baldwin City Council approved an ordinance creating a Rural Housing Incentive District (RHID) for Maplewood Place, a proposed rental development of four duplex-style townhomes (eight total units) that the applicant said will target working-class, median-income households.
Michael Burns, identified as an owner of Confluence and with ties to Auburn Pharmacy, presented the proposal and described Maplewood Place as "townhome style duplex multifamily homes for rent" with three-bedroom, two-bath layouts and slab-on-grade construction. Burns told council the project qualified under the state's MIH (median income household) program, which restricts initial move-in by income band rather than designating the units as low-income housing. "Once you're…
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