The Greensboro LDO offers density bonuses, parking reductions, and expedited review for developments that include affordable housing units, supporting the housing strategy adopted alongside the 2040 Comprehensive Plan and federal HOME funding.
Developers proposing residential or mixed-use projects with deed-restricted affordable units below sixty or eighty percent of area median income may request additional density above the base zoning, reduced parking minimums, and reduced rear-yard setbacks. The exact bonus depends on the share and depth of affordability and runs through a development agreement administered by the Planning Department. Projects can stack incentives with HOME Investment Partnership funds, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, and Greensboro Housing Coalition predevelopment grants. Affordability covenants typically run thirty years recorded with the Guilford County Register of Deeds.
Failure to maintain the affordability covenant during the recorded term can require repayment of the financial value of the granted bonus plus penalties, and may trigger zoning enforcement reverting the project to base district standards.
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