{"id":55661,"date":"2025-03-06T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=55661"},"modified":"2025-03-06T10:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:38:24","slug":"amherst-signs-on-to-2-million-in-housing-funding-agrees-to-streamline-red-tape-in-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/amherst-signs-on-to-2-million-in-housing-funding-agrees-to-streamline-red-tape-in-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Amherst signs on to $2 million in housing funding, agrees to \u2018streamline\u2019 red tape in development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amherst-HAF-announcement-FB-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amherst-HAF-announcement-FB-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amherst-HAF-announcement-FB-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amherst-HAF-announcement-FB-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amherst-HAF-announcement-FB-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amherst-HAF-announcement-FB-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amherst-HAF-announcement-FB.jpg 1620w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amherst&#8217;s CAO Jason MacDonald (left), MP Kody Blois and Amherst Mayor Rob Small following Monday&#8217;s Housing Accelerator Fund announcement. Photo: Clayton Morrissey\/Cision<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal Housing Accelerator Fund has committed more than $2 million over three years to expedite the construction of 67 homes in Amherst, with the money tied to a list of actions by the municipality, including increased as-of-right density in residential zones, and speeding up the permitting process for development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amherst mayor Rob Small tells CHMA that some of the requirements involve \u201cstreamlining the red tape,\u201d around development, things that \u201cmany other municipalities across Canada actually have in place already.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CHMA-Amherst-HAF-funding-Small.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal of an additional 67 housing units is over and above a baseline goal of 110 units.  &#8220;Our total housing supply growth target for the town of Amherst is 177 housing units,&#8221; says Small. &#8220;And we anticipate that this work will also help spur construction of 300 more homes over the next decade. So the big news for us is that this will be the largest growth in housing that we&#8217;ve seen in Amherst.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small says one of the uses for the funding will be to continue development on property purchased by the town which is being subdivided into single home lots. \u201cThe previous council recognized that we needed to have land available that was ready to go, so costs like putting In the water and sewer\u2026 that\u2019s part of what the funding will probably go towards,\u201d says Small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal funding will start to flow once Amherst fulfills commitments to make changes to its own rules and procedures for housing development.  The town has agreed to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>allow up to six units as-of-right in residential zones, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reduce minimum lot area requirements,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>allow higher housing density in commercial zones,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>introduce an E-permitting system, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>waive permit fees as well as water and sewer costs for affordable housing, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and permit high-density conversions of upper floors in the town&#8217;s Downtown Zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;All these changes are aimed to streamline the process, create some good neighborhoods, and also, if we can, repurpose some older buildings here in Amherst,&#8221; says Small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small says when it comes to changes in density allowances, he expects there might be some pushback in some areas, while others will embrace the change. 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