This section will help you create affordability opportunities in existing properties and preserve your community's current affordable housing stock. It also explains how to expand the supply of new housing by spurring private development of underutilized or contaminated properties and publicly owned buildings and land.

Click on the links below to learn more about ways to implement this strategy: Reuse Vacant, Obsolete, and Surplus Properties Identifying land and/or buildings with residential reuse potential should be a key element of any local affordable housing strategy. Preserve Existing Affordable Housing One of the best ways to ensure an adequate supply of affordable housing is to maintain and preserve existing units. Go back to learn about other policies in the Massachusetts Toolkit