EASTHAMPTON Residents who live in six Easthampton Housing Authority properties will soon decide whether to form a tenants organization to represent them a move that, if successful, would be the first such organization formed since the housing.
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Plan to increase affordable housing topic of joint meeting in Easthampton
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By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
EASTHAMPTON The City Council will hold a public hearing with the Planning Board on Wednesday night to adopt a plan intended to promote housing for low-and moderate-income families and individuals, reduce housing production barriers in the city, and address local and regional housing needs.
The city last released a Housing Production Plan in 2014. But according to City Councilor Tom Peake, the council at the time did not reach many of the goals laid out in that plan. The plan, detailed in a 102-page draft document, seeks to address continuing concerns in the city surrounding affordability and housing choice.