The state provides matching funds (or a partial match) from the Community Preservation Trust Fund, generated from Registry of Deeds fees.

Consistent with Local Needs: the community has satisfied one of the Chapter 40B statutory minima or one of the “safe harbor” grounds in DHCD’s Chapter 40B Regulations; or local requirements imposed on a comprehensive permit project are reasonable in view of the regional need for low and moderate income housing, provided the local requirements are applied the same way to subsidized and market-rate housing.