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On \u00a0December 9, 2015 Mayor Walsh signed an Executive Order Relative to Inclusionary Development<\/a> updating the city\u2019s policy on affordable housing development. The Order builds on the city\u2019s longstanding Inclusionary Development Policy<\/a> which applies to virtually all developments within the City of Boston with at least ten residential units and mandates that developers either set aside thirteen percent of new units as affordable housing or make cash payments to support the construction of affordable housing off-site. The Order is likely a first step in Mayor Walsh\u2019s comprehensive plan to improve the quality and affordability of housing in Boston.<\/p>\n

Taking what the Mayor calls a \u201ccompromise<\/a>\u201d position between developers and affordable housing advocates, the Order increases the fees developers may be required to pay while keeping the required percentage of affordable units steady at thirteen percent. This approach is intended to discourage developers from \u201cbuying out\u201d of the affordable housing requirement and encourage onsite construction of affordable residential units. The Order also divides the city into three zones based on the relative strength of each housing market and sets developer\u2019s fees accordingly. In the highest end markets designated as Zone A (including Back Bay, Fenway, South End and Waterfront) developers will pay the highest amount\u2014at least $380,000\u2014per unit. The corresponding rate in Zone B (South Boston, Jamaica Plain, Brighton and Charlestown) is $300,000, while the rate for projects in Zone C (Roxbury, Dorchester and East Boston) is $200,000 per unit. These new rates only apply to projects submitted on or after January 1, 2016. Accordingly, the Boston Redevelopment Authority saw a flurry of activity<\/a> at the end of 2015 as developers sought to avoid the fee increase.<\/p>\n

Updating the city\u2019s Inclusionary Development Policy is only one of the initiatives outlined in Mayor Walsh\u2019s broad 2014 report entitled Housing a Changing City<\/a>. In that report, the Mayor establishes a goal of producing 53,000 new units of housing by year 2030, with 30,000 of those units set aside as low and middle income units. To achieve this goal, the Mayor relies on colleges and universities to produce 16,000 new dormitory units which will presumably ease demand on the rental markets. He also plans to develop alternative financing arrangements for affordable housing that rely less heavily on the 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit. Developers in Boston should keep up-to-date on Mayor Walsh\u2019s revisions to the city\u2019s housing policies intended to implement his housing initiative, as changing fee, tax and incentive structures may significantly impact project economics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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