Local governments were asked to provide developers with density bonuses for low-income housing.

Developers would be given such incentives as density bonuses, where the amount of housing allowed on a site is doubled, and tax abatements.

The concept, he said, also gave him a density bonus that might otherwise have been rejected by the town.

The "density bonuses" enable the developer to make up the lost profit on each unit by selling more of them.

The density bonus gives the developer a realistic opportunity to build these units.

Such buildings would be entitled to a "density bonus" of two extra stories.

But he added that the density bonus, which allows for the construction of more units on a given parcel than is normally permitted.

They can also offer builders a density bonus.

A density bonus allows a builder to construct more houses on a lot than it was originally zoned for.

Early this year, the builders' group issued a 13-page proposal advocating a density bonus.