Committee continues attainable-housing work session; planning board urges multiplex building types, LMAs and streamlined approvals
Planning staff and the planning board presented short- and long-term strategies to increase attainable housing in Montgomery County, including adding a multiplex building type to several zones, using master plans and LMAs to allow higher densities along growth corridors, administrative approvals for projects under 20 units, parking reductions and incentives such as a proposed $5 million conversion loan fund.
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At a July 22 work session the Planning, Housing & Parks Committee received detailed recommendations from planning staff and the planning board to increase production of "attainable housing." The discussion covered large-, medium- and small-scale strategies including zoning changes, procedural streamlining and homeowner incentives.
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