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Select Board advances placeholder article to transfer town land for 100% income‑based affordable housing
Summary
Millis Housing Authority and MAPC asked the Select Board to transfer town‑owned land (Braun or Cassidy parcels) so the authority can build housing kept at 100% income‑based rents; the board voted to place a placeholder article on the May town‑meeting warrant and schedule further public outreach and site hearings.
Millis Select Board members heard a presentation from the Millis Housing Authority and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council on March 2 and voted to place a placeholder article on the May 4, 2026 annual town‑meeting warrant to transfer a town‑owned parcel to the Millis Housing Authority for the construction of income‑based affordable housing.
Mariela Espinosa of the Millis Housing Authority told the board the proposed units would be priced based on residents’ ability to pay (the presenters used 30 percent of gross adjusted income as the target affordability measure) rather than the more common area‑median‑income bands. Espinosa said that approach would better serve residents she described as “truly unable to pay rents that are 80% of AMI.”
Javier Gutierrez of the Metropolitan Area…
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