Affordable Housing Plan

One way to provide for diversity and affordability in housing is to engage in regional and/or townwide planning and cooperative agreements. In order to serve the local population, it is important to look at housing needs, especially those of low- and moderate-income residents, on a broad scale to ensure that a wide array of housing options are available throughout a municipality, a county, or a region. Planning is a way to address the potential costs to localities of providing affordable housing, and to work toward equitable distribution of the costs of providing necessary services to the residents of a community.