Affordable Housing Action Plan - 2016

March 3 MeetingAffordable Housing Action Plan (PDF)

The Trust's goal is to utilize their funds strategically - to get the "biggest bang for the buck" - and has prepared an Action Plan to aid in accomplishing this task. The Trust worked with planning consultant Jennifer Goldson of JM Goldson community preservation and planning to develop the five-year Action Plan to guide the Trust's allocation of funds to best meet Grafton's housing needs and community priorities. A number of work items such as review of existing documents, stakeholder interviews and meetings with the Trust led to a Community Workshop held on March 3, 2016.

The Action Plan identifies specific work items, timelines and budget for very specific projects. This is different than the Housing Production Plan (PDF) which identifies a set of long-range strategies and policies toward the desired goal of 10% of all the Town's housing stock being affordable. Think of it this way: the Housing Production Plan is the "what can we do" and the Action Plan is the "how are we going to spend the money".

Documents

  1. Action Plan Workshop - Interview with GCTV - Key Facts - March 2016 (PDF)
  2. Action Plan Workshop - Slideshow Presentation - March 2016 (PDF)
  3. Action Plan Workshop - Summary Results - April 2016 (PDF)
  4. Approved Action Plan - 3-17-17 (PDF)
  5. Comments - Board of Selectmen - 11-4-16 (PDF)
  6. Comments - Town Planner - 12-14-16 (PDF)
  7. Draft Action Plan - June 2016 (PDF)
  8. Invitation to Workshop - March 2016 (PDF)
  9. Stakeholder Interviews - December 2015 (PDF)
  10. Summary of Needs, Goals and Strategies - October 2015 (PDF)