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Lexington Housing Partnership Board <br />In 2003 the Lexington Housing Partnership Board was formed to promote and support affordable <br />housing activities and to recommend appropriate actions to the Board of Selectmen and the <br />Planning Board to further these goals. The Board, appointed by the Selectmen, consists of 21 <br />voting members and six liaisons representing the many committees, groups and dedicated <br />individuals who share a goal of providing affordable housing in Lexington <br />Current Resources <br />The Lexington Housing Authority owns 252 units of low/moderate income housing. In addition, <br />the authority owns a two-family house and seven condominium units. The majority of the units <br />are state subsidized (153 units) while most of the remainder are subsidized by the federal <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (77 units). The units are mostly <br />occupied by seniors, disabled and handicapped individuals and families. The Housing Authority <br />also administers Section 8 vouchers and project: based Massachusetts's rental vouchers. In 2005 <br />the Housing Authority administered 340 units of affordable and low income housing for elderly, <br />family, handicapped, Section 8 choice vouchers, and MRVP project -based Ouchersi. <br />[:::�:::,ouh Tis sentence is confusing, how canvchers if there are only 252+ units? <br />LexHAB currently owns 50 units. There is no line item in the town budget supporting LexHAB. <br />It does not receive state or federal funds. The seed money that got LexHAB started was <br />provided by the developers of Potter Pond and Brookhaven, who donated funds for affordable <br />housing in order to comply with the Planning Board's inclusionary housing policy. LexHAB <br />purchased units at Muzzey and Emerson Gardens. A number of units have been donated to <br />LexHAB as a result of rezoning plans approved by town meeting. Two homes were donated to <br />LexHAB by their owners and were subsequently moved to town -owned lots. Utilizing rental <br />income from its housing units, LexHAB has built I I single and two-family homes on scattered <br />sites throughout the Town with the help of Minuteman Tech students and the Rotary Club. <br />Needs and IGO <br />The Town of Lexington presently is one of the few municipalities in the Commonwealth of <br />Massachusetts that has met the requirements of state laws (M.G.L. c.40B) that mandate a <br />minimum of ten percent of housing stock be in the affordable category in order to avoid the <br />imposition of housing developments that do not conform to the Town's zoning bylaws. <br />Nevertheless, as more market rate housing is constructed, and as some currently affordable <br />housing units are freed from price restrictions, the Town could easily find itself slipping below <br />the ten percent threshold. <br />In March, 2007, Town Meeting rejected a Planning Board proposal for an inclusionary zoning <br />bylaw, which would have required new residential developments of five units or more to include <br />some affordable housing. The Town must therefore look to other strategies for maintaining ten <br />percent of its housing in the affordable range. <br />There is an ongoing need to rehabilitate existing units owned by the Housing Authority and <br />LexHAB, including upgrades of the heating system at Vinebrook Village and Greeley Village. <br />Commented [TES]: This section should be bulleted like the <br />historical section. All the sections should be consistent. Will <br />leave it up to you, Betsey to do. <br />
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