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COMMISSION ON SUBURBAN RESP ONSIB UL„ I'i'Y 1 Dcc.ewbc. (1
NEXT £ BETIflG t- Janie- 1 972
A meeting of the Commission was old on 2 December 1 )71 at
Ci 00 _LA in Room G-1 . of the Town Office Building _resent 'ere
Brown, i3_isa, Batters, E. T Clarke , 14cLa a •hl.in,
Riflin, Scotne, , Totman and Turner.
J-uutes of the .1ecting of 21 October. 71 were corrected „I T'TTBS
and a_. proved 10/21/71
Tue Chair-aan reported that a Black apprentice brickia or CONTRACT
has been aired and is at work on the junior eig.1 00-2,JIM10E
job hr tehei aan is iaaformali pursuing t_ rough the
.i.BC, the po sibilit of creating more job opportunities
The s .ab-comm?ttee on scattered site de eribod .some 20 S TBSIDIZE'D
lots to tie Plannin;, Board on 216 October, and p-eoented HOUSING on
t.ue sane report to bee Interfaith Corporation, union SCATT;.,1t.UD
indicated tdat it might consider serving as a develoier aITES
The ;,_o a[r has also talked with b ailders, Boston Interfaith,
and Le;vingto:a architect,. and developers, to determine the
feasibility of scattered site development of subsidized
housing.
Prow this investigation, it appears possible that a 1 ,000
sqe ft house meeting the Lexington building code could be
built for enough leas than 1,21 ,000 to make possible pay-
ment of legal fees site preparation, etc s and up to
0 000 for :;u-chase of land from the town, Lexington
people consulted thought that a gonexal contractor might
build for a non-profit developer at an ordinary contractor
fee
The sub-commiLa,oe has also investigated. the Turnkey 4 program,
which would be administrered by the Housing Authority This
would kpa'oved appr,simateiy y;'i8 400 for tue structure plus
allowances t'or site, legal lees and land. The program pro-
vides for occupancy by a iam.ily whose 'income is approxi
mate_l 4`,7„000 or less and which otherwise qualifies for
Public hou fug. The occupant pays something toward 'etiring
the mortgage and is in line to pu.'cnase the house aster renting
for a minimum of two years If his income rises he is asked
to pay off tht mortgage fasi,c.a. but is not ejected
Tho sub- committee agrcc;d on two wa °rant ar :LobcE which would,
implement thsse .t'_L'.'I.diia( `.i, :tnd dxaft copies were distributed
To aur,horis the Selectmen to convey 'ts.. title ..ands at
b;.lo;r market value to public agencies or non profit
corpor tions
To approve parbei,paLion by the Housing nu ;hor3ty in Lhe
development of houdint, for families of low or moderate
income