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Affordable units in new housing (inclusionary) in Greenfield

Greenfield's own rules on affordable units in new housing (inclusionary), with the code text for every value.

Each rule below links to the section of the Greenfield Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Greenfield's code says

Greenfield code What Greenfield's code adds
Fee instead of units
  • The fee is 20% of the cost to develop the average market-rate unit, times the number of units paid for.
    Applies: Applies to developments of 5 or more units, only for a fractional unit left over when the 20% is not a whole number.
    § 17.51.080 · code text
    The fee shall be twenty percent (20%) of the cost of developing the average market-rate unit proposed for the development multiplied by the number of inclusionary units for which the fee is being paid.
Projects it applies to
  • The rule applies to developments of 5 or more units or lots.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    All residential development consisting of five (5) or more units or lots in the city shall provide inclusionary units on site
Share of affordable units
  • 20% of the units must be inclusionary rental units.
    Applies: Applies to residential developments of 5 or more units or lots; multifamily rental projects.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    Multifamily projects designed as rental projects shall require a set-aside of twenty percent (20%) of the units as inclusionary rental units.
  • 20% of the units must be for-sale inclusionary units.
    Applies: Applies to residential developments of 5 or more units or lots; traditional subdivision projects.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    Traditional subdivision projects shall require a set aside of twenty percent (20%) of the units as for-sale inclusionary units.
  • 20% of the units must be inclusionary units.
    Applies: Applies to developments of 5 or more units or lots; mixed use projects and projects of mixed housing type.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    Both mixed use projects and projects of mixed housing type shall require a set-aside of twenty percent (20%) of the units included in the development as inclusionary units
  • 10% of the units go to low income households.
    Applies: Applies to developments of 5 or more units or lots; multifamily rental inclusionary units.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    For multifamily rental inclusionary units ten percent (10%) of the total units in the development shall be set aside for low income households
  • 10% of the units go to very low income households.
    Applies: Applies to developments of 5 or more units or lots; multifamily rental inclusionary units.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    ten percent (10%) of the total units in the development shall be set aside for very low income households.
  • 10% of the units go to low income households.
    Applies: Applies to developments of 5 or more units or lots; rental units other than multifamily.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    For rental units other than multifamily units, ten percent (10%) of the total units in the residential development shall be set aside for low income households
  • 10% of the units go to moderate income households.
    Applies: Applies to developments of 5 or more units or lots; rental units other than multifamily.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    ten percent (10%) shall be set aside for moderate income households.
  • 10% of the units go to moderate income households.
    Applies: Applies to developments of 5 or more units or lots; for-sale inclusionary units.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    For for-sale inclusionary units, ten percent (10%) of the total units in the development shall be set aside for moderate income households
  • 10% of the units go to low income households.
    Applies: Applies to developments of 5 or more units or lots; for-sale inclusionary units.
    § 17.51.060 · code text
    ten percent (10%) of the total units in the development shall be set aside for low income households.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Greenfield require affordable units in new housing?

Greenfield's code: The fee is 20% of the cost to develop the average market-rate unit, times the number of units paid for. (Applies to developments of 5 or more units, only for a fractional unit left over when the 20% is not a whole number.) (§ 17.51.080); The rule applies to developments of 5 or more units or lots. (§ 17.51.060).

General information, not legal advice.

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