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Roundtable outlines Trust's five-year goals: 200 more affordable units and 850 attainable units
Summary
The Concord Municipal Affordable Housing Trust presented a draft five-year strategy targeting 200 additional affordable units and roughly 850 attainable (missing-middle) units at 200% AMI; members asked for more town-wide transportation integration and questioned assumptions for the very-low-income tier.
Matt Johnson presented a draft update of the town's housing goals, reporting "Current affordable units in town: 409" (a corrected figure), 114 units currently underway primarily at the 80% AMI tier, a five-year Trust goal of 200 additional affordable units, and an inclusion of roughly 850 "attainable" or missing-middle units at the 200% AMI level. He also noted that no analysis had yet been done to map the town’s inventory at the 200% AMI level.
Members expressed concern the plan was heavily weighted toward MCI/West Concord and urged the Trust to integrate transportation and other cross-disciplinary planning across the town. A question was raised about the methodology behind projecting 35 very-low-income units in the five-year plan; the Trust clarified that figure represents an estimate based on a typical project, not an assessment of need.
