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Policies and Reports
The Comprehensive Plan
Affordable Housing Documents
Housing Partnership Forum, February 2, 2012
DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LEXINGTON
Listed below are the current maximum annual household incomes, adjusted by size, in order to be eligible to rent or purchase a restricted unit Lexington. These figures are published by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and change every year as the change in the median income for the Boston area is reported.
Affordable unit applicants must also meet any program-specific income and asset limits that may be applicable. Most programs target households earning less than 80% of the Area Median Income, or AMI, whil assets are typically capped at $75,000 (including bank accounts, stocks and bonds, retirement accounts, etc). Generally to be considered affordable, the total housing costs for these units must not exceed 30% of the gross annual income of the owner or renter.
The table below reflects HUD's Income Limits, as of May 31, 2011:
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HOUSEHOLD SIZE
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% AMI
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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100%
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$96,500
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80%
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$44,950
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$51,400
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$57,800
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$64,200
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$69,350
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$74,500
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79,650
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$84,750
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50%
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$33,750
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$38,550
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$43,350
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$48,150
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$52,050
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$55,900
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59,750
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$63,600
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30%
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$20,250
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$23,150
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$26,050
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$28,900
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$31,250
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$33,550
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$35,850
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$38,150
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Demographics
The Planning Department is working on a document summarizing the changes between Census 2000 and the most recent American Community Survey date. The raw data being used to produce the report is listed below.
List of Unaccepted Streets & Non-Streets
Occasionally residents and/or developers need to know the status of a certain road or street (accepted, unaccepted or non-street) for development or redevelopment purposes. The Planning Board maintains the following lists to aid in this process.
- Unaccepted Streets (as of November 2006)
- Non-Streets (as of November 2006)
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