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Completing a HPP that gains approval from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) provides a document that guides future Town decisions pertaining to residential development, particularly affordable housing.

Questions? Amanda Wolfe, Housing & Land Use Planner | awolfe@westwoodma.gov

 

The 2025 Housing Production Plan was submitted to EOHLC for review and approval in March 2026. Information about approval will be shared on this page.

View Final Plan

 

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Timeline

Note that the formatting of the Microsoft Word files may be distorted depending on the computer or software used to open the file.

 DATE EVENT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
July 16, 2024
Kickoff
  
August 13, 2024
Housing Partnership Meeting
  
September 2024
Westwood Public Library Display Begins
  
September 3, 2024
Surveys Open
  
September 16, 2024
Forum on Housing for Seniors & Persons with Disabilities
  
October 10, 2024
Housing Partnership Meeting & Document Release: HPP2020 Implementation Review

 

 

 
November 14, 2024
Housing Partnership Meeting & Document Release: Comprehensive Needs Assessment Draft Version 1
November 25, 2024

 

Document Release: Comprehensive Needs Assessment Draft Revision 1

 

  
November 2
7, 2024
Surveys Close
 
December 12, 2024
Visioning Session

Wegmans Logo - Black Square
December 23, 2024
Document Release: Comprehensive Needs Assessment Draft Revision 2
January 23, 2024
Document Release: Comprehensive Needs Assessment Draft Revision 3
February 6, 2025
Housing Partnership Meeting & Document Release: Community Engagement Draft Version 1
May 8, 2025
Housing Partnership Meeting
 
June 26, 2025
Housing Partnership Meeting
 
August 7, 2025
Housing Partnership Meeting: Goals & Strategies 
October 16, 2025
Housing Partnership Meeting: Goals & Strategies
November 11, 2025
Document Release: Full Plan Draft without Appendix Version 1
December 1, 2025
Document Release: Full Plan Draft Version 1
December 2, 2025
Planning Board Hearing: Continued without Discussion
 
December 3, 2025
Housing Partnership Meeting: Vote to Recommend to Planning Board
 
December 16, 2025
Planning Board Hearing: Consideration of Adoption & Recommendation for Review by the Select Board
December 23, 2025
Document Release: Full Plan Draft Revision 1

Reflects inadvertent omission of strategy 3E
January 5, 2026
Select Board Meeting: Consideration of Adoption & Recommendation for Review by FS1 Steering Committee & Long Range Financial Planning Committee
January 6, 2026
Planning Board Hearing: Consideration of Adoption
February 13, 2026
Long Range Financial Planning Committee Meeting
February 13, 2026
Document Release: Full Plan Draft Revision 2
February 25, 2026 

(Rescheduled from 2/23/26 due to inclement weather)
Select Boarding Meeting: Consideration of Adoption (Adopted in a 2-0 vote)
  
March 10, 2026
Planning Board Hearing: Consideration of Adoption (Adopted in 5-0 vote)
  
March 27, 2026
Submission to EOHLC for Review & Approval 

2020 Housing Production Plan 

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The Housing Partnership, with the support of Town staff, developed Westwood's first HPP in 2020.

  • August 2018 - Began data collection and research for the Needs Assessment.
  • October 2018 - Began collecting public input.
  • October 15 - November 5, 2018 - A survey was published both online and in paper format and received 200+ responses. It was advertised in a variety of media, including Westwood Wire, the Town website, social media, the school newsletter, local newspapers, and email listserv.
  • November 13, 2018  - A Community Visioning Workshop was held at the Downey School Cafeteria. The workshop was open to the public and was advertised using the same marketing strategy as the survey. About 25 participants attended and participated in a series of small group discussion exercises. Participants received a presentation detailing preliminary highlights of the Needs Assessment, survey responses, and of Chapter 40B. Group exercises were designed to foster collaborative discussion of the town's vision for housing and strategy for affordable housing production. 
  • November 19, 2018 - The Planning Board  voted to adopt the Housing Production Plan in a hearing that opened on November 5th and was continued. Members of the public contributed at both hearings and changes recommended by the Planning Board were incorporated into the draft.
  • December 9, 2019 - The Select Board voted to adopt the Housing Production Plan at a public meeting. 
  • Previous Drafts of the Housing Production Plan:
  • December 30, 2019  - The Housing Division submitted the final draft of the Housing Production Plan to the state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) for approval.
  • January 3, 2020 - DHCD issued an approval.

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