Marketing and resident selection
(a) Plan required. The developer of low or moderate income units under Sections 7A.4, et seq., shall submit an affordable unit marketing and resident selection plan for approval by the planning board prior to its initiation. The plan shall meet state and federal fair housing requirements and shall describe how the low or moderate income units will be marketed and potential homebuyers or tenants selected, including a description of the lottery or other process to be used for their selection.
(b) Local preference. Priority shall be given in resident selection to local preference households for up to 80 percent of the inclusionary or other affordable units (rounded down to the nearest unit), or such lower share as may be required by other applicable authorities. "Local preference households" are to include those containing persons currently residing or employed in the town, or hired to do so but not yet working within the town. They may include others, such as persons having children, parents, or siblings who are resident in the town, if shown to be consistent with state and federal fair housing requirements and approved by the planning board.
(Ch. 901, § 2, 7-21-2008)