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Town of Reading <br /> z Meeting Minutes L- <br /> 1VY <br /> Board - committee - Commission - Council: 2111 OCT -9 PM 6: 33 <br /> Metro North Regional Housing Services <br /> Committee <br /> Date: 2018-02-15 Time: 10:00 AM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room <br /> Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: <br /> Purpose: Bi-Monthly Meeting Version: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Julie Mercier, Laurie Stanton, Valerie Gingrich, Krista Leahy <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Danielle McKnight <br /> Others Present: <br /> Liz Rust, Andrew MacNichol ( Planning Intern, Town of Reading) <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Laurie Stanton <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> The Committee was called to order at 10:10 AM. <br /> Minutes <br /> The minutes from 12/7/2017 meeting were amended and approved unanimously. <br /> Status update <br /> The self-monitoring letters went out in January. The findings will be presented next <br /> meeting. <br /> L.I.F.E. - Lynnfield Initiative for the Elderly - Elderly Housing run by the Town for former <br /> and present Town residents. Not homeownership, but deeded for life. The units are not <br /> counted on the SHI, and not totally compliant with DHCD regulations. <br /> Trusts and DHCD - DHCD allows units to be put in trusts only if the owner is incapacitated. <br /> Housing Authorities are allowed to use local preference when they allocate their units. The <br /> four emergency criteria come first, then local preference. <br /> Reading <br /> 24 Gould Street 40R - There were 91 LIHTC applicants, 58 were invited back for a second <br /> round, with a letter from the Town (deadline is 2/15/18). Of the 58, 30 will be funded. <br /> Announcements will be made in July, 2018. Town was advised to get a copy of the One Stop <br /> from the developer. <br /> Discussion on how Safe Harbor works. <br /> Page I I <br />