Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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Chapter IV:
Collected Recommendations
The last chapter provided recommendations to address specific aspects of Arlington’s laws and institutions to
ameliorate fair housing choice. If implemented, those recommendations will serve as an effective basis for
affirmatively furthering fair housing by reducing patterns of segregation, mitigating displacement, addressing
disproportionate housing needs, and increasing access to opportunity for members of protected classes.
The recommendations offered here will not solve the fair housing crisis on their own. Nonetheless, the
recommendations here are what a community can do at a local level to limit its harm and advance the cause of
justice. If the community can rally around fair housing access and use these resources with intention, Arlington will
be able to materially advance fair housing in the town.
This chapter consolidates those recommendations into one location for easy reading, and organizes them
according to broad strategies:

• Strategy A: Increase awareness, education, and enforcement of fair housing laws.
• Strategy B: Alter Town governance structures and processes to address fair housing concerns.
• Strategy C: Reform the Zoning Bylaw to encourage development that increases fair housing choice.
• Strategy D: Use non-zoning techniques to encourage development that increases fair housing choice.
• Strategy E: Use Town resources to create opportunities to meet housing need.
• Strategy F: Alter Arlington Housing Authority policy to increase fair housing choice.
• Strategy G: Protect tenants in protected classes from displacement.
• Strategy H: Encourage access to private housing by protected classes.
This chapter also lists ideal local partners to implement those recommendations. Local Partners include the
following: