Committee Contact: Sarah Suarez, Assistant Director of Planning and Community Development, ssuarez@town.arlington.ma.us

AHOD Committee Updates

View the Storymap of the AHOD Committee's work

January 9, 2026 - The AHOD Committee will be seeking feedback and comments from the Arlington Redevelopment Board (ARB) at their meeting on January 12, 2026. View the AHOD's proposal to the ARB 

November 17, 2025 - Watch the recording below of the AHOD Committee's first presentation to the Arlington Redevelopment Board (starts at 1:49:00)

November 19, 2025- Watch the AHOD Committee's 1st Community Engagement Meeting below: Developing an Affordable Housing Overlay in Arlington

View the Slidedeck presentation

 

About The Committee

2025 Town Meeting approved a Motion to Commit under Article No. 41 to establish an Affordable Housing Overlay Committee to study and prepare prospective amendments to the Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map to create an Affordable Housing Overlay District (AHOD) that provides more opportunities for housing meeting certain affordability requirements to be constructed as of right. The Committee shall conduct outreach to the community, share draft proposals of their proposed Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map amendments with the community, solicit community feedback on their draft amendments, and analyze the feedback received for ways to improve their final recommendations.

The Committee shall finalize their recommendations before the close of the warrant for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting and shall insert one or more articles in the warrant related to their recommendations. As required by M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 5, the Arlington Redevelopment Board shall hold hearings and issue recommended votes on said articles.

The AHOD Committee shall consist of the 7 members appointed by the following entities: 

  • Dept. of Planning and Community Development 
  • Arlington Redevelopment Board
  • Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board
  • Arlington Housing Authority Board
  • Housing Corporation of Arlington
  • Select Board
  • Town Moderator

Read the Motion to Commit