{"id":1892,"date":"2022-11-04T14:48:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T18:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/bowditchrealestateblog\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2022-11-04T14:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T18:48:12","slug":"framinghams-proposed-zoning-ordinance-amendments-for-affordable-housing-and-workforce-housing-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/bowditchrealestateblog\/2022\/11\/04\/framinghams-proposed-zoning-ordinance-amendments-for-affordable-housing-and-workforce-housing-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Framingham\u2019s Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments for Affordable Housing and Workforce Housing Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

On October 6, 2022, the Framingham City Council (\u201cCouncil\u201d) voted to refer proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance set forth in ORDER 2022-084-001 to the Planning Board for readvertisement and hearing, which is scheduled for November 17, 2022. On September 20, 2022, the Framingham City Council approved a proposed increase in affordable housing requirements<\/a> with certain revisions, following the Planning & Zoning Subcommittee\u2019s favorable recommendation to the full Council.<\/p>\n

The Planning & Zoning Subcommittee\u2019s approved zoning amendments would apply to affordable and workforce housing requirements for all multifamily units in the city, including mixed-use and cluster development projects proposing to construct ten units or more.<\/p>\n

The amendment would require that 3% of the total project units be designated as 60% Area Median Income (\u201cAMI\u201d) to be subsidized by the developer and deeded as such and that 12% of the total units built per project be designated as government subsidized 80% AMI. The amendment also increased workforce housing requirements to 3%, where it did not previously exist.<\/p>\n

At the November 17, 2022 hearing, the Planning Board will consider the Council\u2019s proposed revisions, which include:<\/p>\n