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/7/ Selectmen's Meeting -5- November 21, 1988 I V . LEXHAB in bei an owner/de of affordable housing. Lexhab �s interested g er are that it already understand 9 Among Lexhab's Strengths as an owner/developer p crate with s the housing construction process, and that it can op Greater Speed than the Town because it already has the authority to acquire and buiId. education efforts to inform people of the need Lexhab can undertake public acceptab l e def l n i t 3 on ❑ f for affordable housing. It is c oncerned that an P myth of affordable housing needs to be promulgated, one that dispels the Y its soc i lls. " t hat an p roposal for Meagherville must be put into Lexhab �s concerned t y P P the context of the larger, active afforable housi P lan for all of Lexington if it is to be approved by Town Meeting. Lexhab s professional opinions about the pros and cons of ownership vs rental housing unit construction should be consulted by the Town, Example. Rental units are easier to monitor over time for affordability compliance by tenants. V. TMMA: that all neighborhoods should voiced its opinion t TMMA Executive Committee be asked to participate in the provision of a ffordable housing for Lexington, by asking each of them to locate a site and type of appropriate affordable housing, TMMA feels that in order to have success at Town s ites to be developed should be identified in location, Meeting, all major sl be s targeting ize and scope at the beginning of the process. We Should not � s h oul d e tin out Meagherville alone right now. Meagerville be presented as the first phase of a comprehensive and detailed project. We _' - all one town. TMMA is in agreement that town needs to get moving on affordable housing. Both LHA and LEXHAB responded to TMMA that the state likes to see specific projects ❑ccu g, rin and not lots of studies and vague plans about need to et moving haw. The state won't wait much what we might dfl. We n g needs to start somewhere. They longer before penalizing us, and the town nee is important to continued that the appropriate "Mix" of affordable housing p Lexington--that the town needs as high a ratio of affordable units market units as possible. VI. ACCESSORY APPARTMEMTS: Accessary apartments video in the works. It was mentioned that they are g oad for people who could not otherwise afford to live in Lexington, but they do not count in the affordable housing statistics used by the state. - A review of why the a ccessory a partment bylaw is not working as well as y P people had hoped needs to be undertaken.