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State says subsidized family-sized units rose; council discusses colocating childcare and housing
Summary
Officials reported the share of subsidized family-sized units (two-bedroom or larger) developed with state funding rose by 11 percentage points from 2019 to 2024; council members explored incentives and the challenge of finding providers to staff colocated early childhood programs.
Presenters told the Early Learning Council that the percentage of subsidized family-sized units (defined in the presentation as two bedrooms or larger) funded or developed with state subsidy rose by 11 percentage points between 2019 and 2024. Housing and early learning staff said incentives—such as additional subsidy per larger unit—helped increase production of family-sized units and that an emerging strategy is to colocate early childhood centers with affordable rentals.
"We had a specific pot of funding ... which had a specific call out ... for family sized units," Chelsea (housing official) said, describing a local innovation and fast-track program that incentivized larger units through additional subsidy per unit. Council members welcomed the production gains but raised practical concerns about provider availability, asking how many slots and childcare providers will be available in colocated developments and how to track whether the co-location approach yields child-care access in practice.
State staff noted the colocation strategy is in early stages and that they will track how many family-sized units include onsite or nearby early learning capacity; they also noted workforce shortages among early childhood providers as a barrier to fully realizing colocated program slots.
