Housing Policy.docxThe City of Northampton’s Housing Policy is reflected by:
-Higher density meeting or exceeding 12 DU per acre is allowed within the Urban Residential C zone near downtown – https://ecode360.com/attachment/NO2226/NO2226-350h%20Table%20of%20Use%20and%20Dim%20
Regs%20URC.pdf
The May 2011 Housing Needs Assessment, supported by the 2019 Impediments to Fair Housing Plan, (both uploaded in referenced plans) both include evaluations of
addressing housing supply affordability, diversity of housing stock by unit and ownership type, and community demographics
the Health Departments Housing Standards section addresses healthy housing standards for both rental and owner occupied units - https://northamptonma.gov/313/Housing-Standards
While zoning does not specifically require that at least 10% of units within transit-served areas are affordable, many affordable developments in and near population centers have increased
affordable housing stock, and Northampton’s total affordable units exceed 10%, as shown in the state’s affordable housing inventory at at least 10% of the units in the entire city are
affordable, from the state Subsidized Housing Inventory at https://www.mass.gov/doc/subsidized-housing-inventory/download