Author: Eric Nakajima Publisher: ISBN: Category : Cities and towns Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
... "Communities throughout Massachusetts confront the challenge of increasing housing opportunities for people with low- and moderate-income while also ensuring that the residential and commercial development that does occur in towns has, at worst, a neutral impact on the cost of public services."; "New construction raises concerns that the taxes generated by new housing will not offset the demand for services from the housing's occupants."; Massachusetts law allows developers to override local zoning when a communities does not have at least 10% affordable housing as a percentage of the town's housing stock so they can build mixed-income developments as long as they contain a set minimum percent of low-income housing; this is " ... an analysis of the historical impact that mixed-income home ownership developments have had on the municipal budgets. Recent surveys have shown that a majority of Massachusetts residents believe that affordable housing will increase municipal costs, especially, especially public school expenses. Recent studies have documented the great fiscal stress that Massachusetts cities and towns confront and the difficult choices that communities have to make to provide services to their residents. The purpose of this study is to further understanding of the impact that mixed-income development have on municipal costs and to offer a framework for planning future development."; "The UMass Donahue Institute used a case study approach to analyze the historical fiscal impact of mixed-income homeownership developments constructed in Massachusetts during the past fifteen years."; does a detailed analysis of eight (8) developments in seven (7) towns: Brookline (Kendall Crescent) // Falmouth (Nickey Lane and Fresh Pond Farms) // Northampton (Pine's Edge) // Peabody (Stoneybrook) // Sandwich (Sherwood Forest) // Wellesley (Edgemoor Circle) // Wilmington (Buckingham Estates) ...
Author: David Listokin Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351482734 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 588
Book Description
The Fiscal Impact Handbook is a unique manual detailing practical methods for determining the full range of revenues and costs associated with residential and nonresidential growth. Planners, economists, businessmen, administrators, financial officers, assessors, community groups, private organizations, and those interested in the fiscal consequences of growth and non-growth will find The Fiscal Impact Handbook indispensable. Fiscal impact methods are presented in a clear, step-by-step format and are capable of being carried out by the practicing planner with minimal procedural problems.The manual is designed as a basic tool to be used for projections of direct, current public (and private) costs and revenues resulting from population or employment change to the local jurisdiction in which change is taking place. Standardized methods are presented with attention paid to the underlying assumptions, limitations, and applicability of these methods. Necessary factors affecting the planning and legal framework and documentation of key data input are covered for proper utilization of fiscal impact methods.Detailed examples are given to the six flexible methods, presented with suggestions on how they can be modified by the user to meet requirements. In addition, current computer models of analysis are evaluated for operational needs and benefits. Included also is a comprehensive bibliography of the cost-revenue field and an index for quick, easy reference. This is an invaluable work for urban analysts, planners, and developers written by two of the top minds in the field of urban policy.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing Publisher: ISBN: Category : City planning and redevelopment law Languages : en Pages : 2594
Author: Eric Nakajima
Author: Eric Nakajima
Author: Robert Nakosteen
Author: Aaron Gornstein
Author: Adnani-Rofougaran Adnani
Author: David Listokin
Author: Robert W. Burchell
Author: Norma Bogen
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing