[CPEO-BIF] "Ann Arbor [Michigan] eyes affordable housing with new brownfield policy"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Please note the Michigan typically defines brownfields work much more expansively than most other state. - LS]

Ann Arbor eyes affordable housing with new brownfield policy


By Darcie Moran
MLive (MI)
September 20, 2019


ANN ARBOR, MI - Ann Arbor will attempt to bolster its affordable housing offerings through a new brownfield redevelopment policy.

City Council adopted the policy by unanimous vote this week -- Councilman Zachary Ackerman was absent.

The policy will, among other things, require that projects seeking brownfield tax incentives through non-environmental activities make 15% of their units affordable to those making 60% or less of the area median income, which is $60,720 for a family of four in Washtenaw County. 

Otherwise, developers will need to pay a fee.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/09/ann-arbor-eyes-affordable-housing-with-new-brownfield-policy.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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