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Accessory
Apartment Incentive Program
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| This
program ended in March 2009. |
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location:
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city
wide |
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goals:
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Provide grants or forgiveable
loans to Newton homeowners who create long-term affordable housing by
adding legal accessory apartments within the footprint of an existing
home, or bringing existing an accessory apartment up to current
code. Maximum funding: $90,000 for each of 3 accessory
apartments. |
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project
funding:
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| $320,550
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CP
funds appropriated (community
housing) |
$274,134
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returned
to CP Fund unspent |
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| $46,416 |
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CP
funds spent |
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contacts:
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Trisha
Kenyon Guditz, Housing Program Manager
Planning & Development Department
City of Newton
1000 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton Centre, MA 02459
email: tguditz@newtonma.gov
phone: 617.796.1156
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proposal
review & appropriation:
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30 November 2005
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proposal
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31 January 2006
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CPC
funding recommendation |
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2 March 2006
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Board
order (appropriation) |
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22
October 2007
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proposal
to
extend pilot phase by reallocating limited funds from grants to program
administration and outreach; no new
funds requested |
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7 December 2007
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CPC
recommendation |
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19 February 2008
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Board
order approving reallocation of remaining available funds |
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project
news:
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March 2009
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When
project
sponsor and manager Community Living Network closed
its doors as an independent nonprofit organization, the CPC and
Planning Dept. agreed to end the project. Planning Dept. will evaluate
the project's experience and in the future may propose another program
with similar goals. |
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March 2009
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Summary
of
project
work and outcomes; after extensive outreach and
education, no homeowners were able to create apartments. |