Wayland Begins Update Of Housing Production Plan

WAYLAND, MA — Residents will have an opportunity next month to help shape Wayland’s housing priorities for the next five years.

Wayland officials will hold a community forum focused on the town's Housing Production Plan, which will guide local housing policy and identify strategies for addressing the town’s housing needs.

The meeting will run from 6 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 1 at Wayland Town Building, 41 Cochituate Road. The hybrid forum will also be available remotely, with doors opening at 5:45 p.m.

Wayland's Current Housing Production Plan

In Massachusetts, a town's Housing Production Plan remains in effect for five years. The state says the plan must include a housing needs assessment, affordable housing goals and strategies for creating eligible units.

Wayland’s current Housing Production Plan was approved by the state in May 2022 and is scheduled to expire on May 9, 2027. That plan replaced Wayland’s 2016 plan, which expired in September 2021.

The current plan recommends producing an average of 26 affordable units per year. Its goals include encouraging two-family and community-scale multifamily housing, keeping Wayland above the state’s 10 percent affordable housing threshold, addressing local and regional housing needs, promoting sustainable development and advancing fair housing.

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