Bill > HB570

This bill, known as the Affordable Housing for Working Families Act, requires developers of large residential projects (30 or more units) to reserve a significant percentage of housing units for different income levels: 5% for very-low-income households (earning up to 50% of median regional income), 10% for low-income households (earning up to 80% of median regional income), and 10% for middle-income households (earning between 80-120% of median regional income). The bill applies to projects approved with certain zoning variances or plans, with a density of at least six units per acre, and requires developers to complete these affordable housing units progressively as market-rate units are constructed - for example, when 25% of market-rate units are complete, at least 10% of affordable units must be finished, scaling up to 100% affordable units when 90% of market-rate units are complete. Municipalities can withhold occupancy certificates for market-rate units if these requirements are not met. Developers have flexibility to build these units on-site or within the same municipality, and can alternatively pay an impact fee of 30% of the total project cost (reduced to 25% if the project meets certain environmental standards). The fees must be used to support affordable housing or community center development, and the bill emphasizes that it does not alter existing municipal obligations to provide housing opportunities.

Housing and Urban Affairs

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