May
10
2023
WORCESTER --- Worcester City Manager Eric Batista has presented a housing production plan and affordable housing preservation program to City Council to address the city's housing crisis. the housing strategy consists of three pillars: housing production preservation and healthy homes; homeowner, tenant and unhoused assistance; and public policy. While the city recently passed an inclusionary zoning policy that will require developments of 12 units or more to reserve 10 to 15 percent of their units for affordable housing, Batista said additional initiatives are needed.