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Debate flares over proposed employer-sponsored "rent-restricted" housing zoning change and private workforce condo project
Summary
Public comment split over a proposed amendment to Chapter 255 that would create a rent-restricted employer-sponsored housing special permit. Supporters said the change enables workforce housing projects; opponents warned it could permit for-profit condominium developments with weak long-term affordability protections and urged more transparency and safeguards.
The board received extended comment May 7 on a proposed amendment to the town zoning code (Chapter 255) that would create standards for "rent restricted employer-sponsored housing" and related special permits.
Supporters included the planning-board-backed project proponents and legal counsel for private developers, who said the revision would create a new tool to deliver workforce housing quickly and allow employers and nonprofit partners to provide units for essential workers.…
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