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Home My WebLink AboutLCPC Meeting Presentation on Housing_01-25-2024Barnstable Local Comprehensive PlanCommittee Meeting January 25, 2024 All Things Housing Overview •Massachusetts backdrop •Cape trends, perspectives, challenges •Housing and Barnstable’s LCP MASSACHUSETTS BACKDROP Barnstable Local Comprehensive Plan Dimensions of the Commonwealth’s housing crisis The shortage of affordable housing costs the American economy about $2 trillion a year in lower wages and productivity. Without affordable housing, families have constrained opportunities to increase earnings, causing slower GDP growth. Goal: create 200,000 homes —including 40,000 affordable and 20,000 deeply affordable homes —by 2030. Sources: National Low-Income Housing Coalition, Citizens Housing and Planning Association Massachusetts is not alone National focus American Planning Association ARPA Urban Land Institute National Low-Income Housing Coalition National Association of Realtors National Homebuilders Association Urban Institute Many partnerships, sometimes competing agendas Affordable Homes Act: Paradigm Shift? •$4.1 billion in capital spending •28 substantive policy changes •Executive orders •Targeted tax credits Affordable Homes Act: Production, Preservation •Create 40,000 homes, including 22,000 new homes for low-income households and 12,000 new homes for middle-income households •Preserve, rehabilitate or make resilience and accessibilty improvements •$1.6 billion to repair & modernize the state’s more than 43,000 public housing units, including decarbonization$200 million would be authorized for the Housing Innovations •Support alternative forms of rental housing for people experiencing homelessness, housing for seniors and veterans, and transitional units for substance abuse recovery Affordable Homes Act: Overview •Local option real estate transaction fee of 0.5% to 2% on the portion of a property sale over $1 million, or the county median home sale price. •Make inclusionary zoning easier to adopt (in addition to multifamily housing amendments in 2020) •Accessory dwelling units as of right •Homeownership Tax Credit to produce homes affordable to first-time homebuyers at/below 120% AMI But, what isMassachusetts? What is Massachusetts? Seasonal Community Designation •Framework for designating communities with substantial seasonal variations in employment and housing needs •Programming to assist seasonal communities •Seasonal Communities Coordinating Council to provide advice and recommendations to EOHLC •Could mean: –Housing assistance, grant programs tailored to needs of seasonal communities –Modified policies under Chapter 40B –Ability to require year-round housing restrictions & local option tax for year-round housing development Seasonal regions … Big differences, common needs CAPE TRENDS, PERSPECTIVES, CHALLENGES Barnstable Local Comprehensive Plan Regional coalitions, regional planning Regional advocacy •Cape Cod Commission •Barnstable County HOME Consortium •Housing Assistance Corporation •Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce •Community Development Partnership •Association to Preserve Cape Cod •Cape Cod Foundation •Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod •Cape & Islands Regional Homelessness Network •Many, many others … A stunning 47% of jobs on Cape Cod are performed by individuals who do not live in the region. A third of our workforce crosses the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges each day. … Cape Cod’s current housing monoculture – with 80% of all housing classified as single-family homes – simply does not offer the variety of housing types and prices to support a vibrant local workforce. Regional Housing Strategy •Regional housing needs assessment •Attainable housing •Data library •Model bylaws: multifamily by design, seasonal dormitories, ADUS, year-round homes, others •Local support The disconnect Key ideas ü Generate a greater variety of housing ü Support the year-round population ü Address multiple regional priorities ü Foster redevelopment ü Coordinate housing and infrastructure ü Regionalize efforts to support municipalities ü Build support for housing through education Other Cape-wide issues and challenges •Limited federal resources –Barnstable County HOME Consortium –Barnstable, Yarmouth CDBG •Limited local capacity in many towns –Staff –Funding –Volunteer base •Water and wastewater •Opposition, attitudes, myths Housing the workforce Elementary School TeacherBarnstable, MA I teach your children. Do you have room for me in your town? My salary is $79,920 The most I can afford for monthly rent is $1,999 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wages PlumberBarnstable, MA I help you take care of your home. Do you have room for me in your town? My salary is $69,070 The most I can afford for monthly rent is $1,727 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wages Home Health AideBarnstable, MA I help you age in place in your own home. Do you have room for me in your town? My salary is $36,170 The most I can afford for monthly rent is $904 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wages Substance Abuse CounselorBarnstable, MA I help you on your road to recovery. Is there room for me in your town? My salary is $68,240 The most I can afford for monthly rent is $1,706 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wages Restaurant CookBarnstable, MA I cook for you at a local restaurant. Do you have room for me in your town? My salary is $40,610 The most I can afford for monthly rent is $1,015 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wages HOUSING & LCP Barnstable Local Comprehensive Plan How does housing fit into the local comprehensive plan? •Land use policy, community design •Investments in infrastructure •Investments in capacity •Investments of local, federal housing funds •Understanding housing choice & affordable housing needs at wide variety of income levels •Geographic distribution of affordable housing •Where does Universal Design fit into the framework of site development standards and design review? Barnstable has done a lot! •Many zoning changes to enable housing development –Density & dimensional changes –Districts and overlays, Medical Services Overlay District, Shopping Center Redevelopment Overlay District (SCROD), Downtown Hyannis Zoning –ADUs •Inclusionary housing •Complete Streets Critical LCP Questions •How should Barnstable continue to align its housing objectives and land use policies? •How should Barnstable address attainability while also recognizing and targeting investments in decent, year-round housing for the lower-wage workers on whom the economy depends? •If the local option real estate transaction fee passes, what should the Town’s housing investment priorities be? •How should Barnstable make a wide range of year-round housing choices available throughout the town while respecting the mix of place types that exist here? Effective Strategies Engage the most affected community members now, and always Consider an annual housing summit Build a political coalition Train, equip community advocates to speak at board, commission meetings (cultivate an anti-NIMBY corps) Tailor housing trust funds to align with regional, state programs –and be flexiible Build working relationships with competent developers Chapter 40B is your friend, not your enemy QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION Barnstable Local Comprehensive Plan