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Affordable Housing
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11-24-2018, 03:51 PM
(11-24-2018, 08:33 AM)Spokes Wrote: With the number of zoning amendments that developers have youd think the cities could leverage the developers for something like this.

And they do. Whether the carrots are attractive enough is another question.

Personally I think we need a comprehensive policy to encourage inclusion of income-geared units. With some safeguards to protect the buildings from the ill-behaved tenants: those can scare off developers from offering any affordable units.
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Affordable Housing - by darts - 11-21-2018, 08:47 PM
RE: Public Housing - by nms - 11-23-2018, 02:45 PM
RE: Public Housing - by tomh009 - 11-23-2018, 03:09 PM
RE: Public Housing - by Spokes - 11-24-2018, 08:33 AM
RE: Public Housing - by tomh009 - 11-24-2018, 03:51 PM
RE: Public Housing - by dtkmelissa - 11-25-2018, 10:10 AM
RE: Affordable Housing - by tomh009 - 11-27-2018, 02:40 PM
RE: Public Housing - by nms - 11-26-2018, 04:01 PM
RE: Public Housing - by darts - 11-27-2018, 11:38 AM

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