Lynn’s Housing Production Plan approved by State

The city’s new housing-production plan, Housing Lynn: A Plan for Inclusive Growth, has been approved by the Massachusetts Department of Community Development (DHCD).

The five-year plan was submitted to DHCD after it was approved by the City Council on Sept. 7 and the Planning Board on Oct. 12, after months of work and input with community members.

The approval allows the city to meet its affordable-housing needs, while also allowing for preferences in many state-housing grants and infrastructure programs.

The city has never had a comprehensive housing plan and now joins 168 other Massachusetts communities with approved housing-production plans that are making an effort to solve the state’s affordable-housing crisis.

Mayor Jared Nicholson said this approval by DHCD is another step in the right direction: “It continues the momentum that we have witnessed over the past few years during the development of the plan to address one of the top issues our residents face,” said Nicholson. “The preparation of the Housing Lynn plan relied heavily on feedback from Lynn residents and a detailed review of market conditions, and as we look towards the implementation of the recommendations, we expect that to continue. We know how important these recommended actions will be to supporting growth that benefits the whole city and the impact they can have for cost-burdened residents.” (more…)