1. APA-MA Inclusionary Zoning Conference
Getting Units to “Count” on the SHI
May 18, 2014
Toni Coyne Hall
Aaron Gornstein, Undersecretary

2. DHCD Key Initiatives
 Working in Partnership with Communities
 Expanding Housing Opportunities
 Improving Public Housing
 Preventing Foreclosure
 Ending Homelessness
 Investing in Community Development and
Revitalization
 Building Economic Security and Self-
Sufficiency

3. Mission
 Part of the Secretariat:
 Executive Office of Housing and Economic
Development (“EOHED”).
 EOHED’s mission is “the creation of homes and
jobs in the Commonwealth”.

5. About LIP
Local Initiative Program
 Established in 1990
 Non-financial subsidy program
 Locally initiated development
projects
 Board of Selectmen/Mayor must
endorse
 Access to the Comprehensive
Permit process and Local Action

6. LIP/Local Action Units
 Affordable Units that are ‘counted’
 No Comprehensive Permit is used
 Result of a municipal/local action
 Each Project:
 Affirmative fair marketing and lottery
plan
 Sale price/rent is affordable
 Long term restrictions

7. What Is
The Subsidized
Housing Inventory
 A list of the number of subsidized units in each
community and the percentage of all units.
 Units count if:
—Developed under a state or federal eligible
subsidy program
—Affordable to households at or below 80% of
area median income
—Have long term restrictions
—Are fairly marketed

8. Counting Units-Local Action
Local Initiative Program
 Long term deed
restriction
 Affirmative Marketing
 3 page Application

9. LIP/Local Action Units
Project Types
 New construction
 Building conversion
 Adaptive reuse
 Substantial
rehabilitation
 New affordability in
vacant units

10. LIP/Local Action Units
Project Types
Site Reuse
New Construction
 2 affordable rentals

11. Fair Housing Framework
 Obligation to affirmatively further fair
housing
 maximum opportunities for persons
protected under fair housing laws

12. Marketing Must Be Affirmative
 The application process must be
explicitly fair in the Marketing Plan.
 A local preference may not exceed more
than 70% of the units in a Project

14. After the House Is Built
 Work seems to begin all over again
 Relationships
 Monitoring
 Legal documents/regulations
 Can provide guidance for you and the
homeowner

15. Helpful Hints
 Political will
 Plan/strategy
 Use existing
rules/regulations
 Capacity
 Education
 Relationships

16. Contact Information
DHCD
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 300
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Phone: 617.573.1351
www.mass.gov/dhcd