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Commission considers community housing trust, ADUs and short-term rentals while reviewing town plan housing language
Summary
Participants discussed alternative housing models (community housing trust, conversions, ADUs) and noted roughly a dozen detached short-term rentals in town as part of the housing stock picture.
Participants reviewed examples of alternative housing approaches to meet local needs, including community housing trusts, Lincoln’s Weathervane model, and conversion examples such as the Bristol Firehouse apartments. The commission also discussed accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and duplex conversions as ways to increase supply while preserving village character.
The meeting record notes roughly a dozen detached short-term rental units in town; participants said examining recent housing history and existing stock will help the commission understand where growth has occurred. RT cautioned about relying on tools like LESA for forested parcels, saying it ‘‘has not been successfully applied to forest land, for various reasons.’’ No formal decisions about promoting particular models were made; the group favored keeping all options on the table for further analysis.
