Matters ▸ Attachment
Housing - 2023-2-2 Inclusionary Housing - selected data 2016-March 2022 — File 22-0273
Data-related question
Data response
Additional information/notes
Homeownership units
33
Rental units
118
Total - Inclusionary units
since 2016
151
Encompasses rental units leased and homeownership units closed between
January 2016 and 3/22/22
Household Composition
Average HH Size-
Ownership
1.9 persons
Of current occupied households as of 3/22/22
Average HH Size- Rental
2.4 persons
Of current occupied households as of 3/22/22
Studio
11 units (7%)
total (% of all units)
One-bedroom
71 units (47%)
Two-bedroom
64 units (39%)
Three-bedrooms
12 units (6%)
Four+ bedroom
1 units (1%)
Studio
1 Unit
One-bedrooms
4 units
Two-bedrooms
3 units
ADA Units and Bedroom
Count for ADA Units
8 Units (6%)
Total/ percentage of all ADA units
Bedroom Count(s) at time of initial lease up/closing, since 2016
Inclusionary Units Created since 2016
Household Median Income
Not prepared at time of 3/22/22 response, for reason noted at bottom of worksheet.
SOMERVILLE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAM - SELECTED DATA REQUESTS AND RESPONSES
MARCH 2022 REQUEST AND RESPONSE - 3/22/22
ADA Units and Bedroom Count for ADA Units at time of initial lease/closing since 2016
Data-related question
Data response
Additional information/notes
Number/Percentage of
Applicants that are
Somerville residents
1,944 (32%) Somerville live/ work preference applicants Total applications for all projects, not unique applications.
Number/Percentage of
Applicants that work in
Somerville
N/A
Housing Division staff track households that qualify for the Somerville
Live/Work preference as a single metric, without distinguishing between live
and work.
Number/Percentage of
Applicants that are non-
Somerville Residents
4,047 (68%) No-preference applicants
Total applications for all projects, not unique applications.
Number/Percentage of
Applicants with
Accessibility Needs
304 (6%) of all applications received have an accessibility
need
Prior to 2019, accessibility needs were not tracked in buildings without ADA
units. Therefore, this figure excludes 'pre-2019' opportunities including: 565
Broadway, 2-8 Broadway Phase II, 315 Broadway , 290 Highland Ave., 70
Prospect, 131 Orchard St., and 353 Summer St.
Average number of
qualifying applicants with
Accessibility Needs
22
See note immediately above.
Percentage of Applicants
rejected due to failure to
qualify and reasons for
not qualifying
17% of applications were determined to be ineligible to
participate in the lottery
Housing Division staff does not track specific reasons applicants were
rejected. Frequent reasons are that application was incomplete, application
was submitted past the deadline, and/or the applicant was over-income or did
not meet the minimum income requirement (and does not have a housing
voucher).
Studio
167 avg. eligible applicants
Only 2 projects, CALA and Miscela, contained studio units
One-bedroom
166 avg. eligible applicants
Two-bedroom
186 avg. eligible applicants
Three-bedrooms
64 avg. eligible applicants
Four+ bedroom
150 avg. eligible applicants
Only Miscela has a 4-bedroom unit for total of 1 created since 2016
Tier I 50%/ 80%
236 avg. eligible applicants
Tier II 80% /110%
82 avg. eligible applicants
Tier III 110%/ 140%
8 avg. eligible applicants
Note: As of March 2022, only 2 projects had included Tier III units ,for a total
of 2 units occupied since 2016. Many more are in pipeline .
Other preference/demographic information
Average number of qualifying applicants per household income restrictions
Average number of qualifying applicants per Bedroom Count Type
SOMERVILLE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAM - SELECTED DATA REQUESTS AND RESPONSES
MARCH 2022 REQUEST AND RESPONSE - 3/22/22