Comments on: Blueprint: Budget Approved, Airport Gateway Stays, Affordable Housing Project Voted Down

By: Rocket

Rocket — Thu, 30 May 2024 18:06:13 +0000

“Affordable Housing” is when YOU work and then YOU pay for those who don’t.

By: 850

850 — Sun, 26 May 2024 08:46:02 +0000

Correction: Pricier apartments can be used to “offset” the inclusion of workforce housing. Our workforce professionals are proud citizens. Much respect. ?

By: 850

850 — Sun, 26 May 2024 02:08:11 +0000

Workforce housing: fall in the 60 to 100 percent of area median income. Includes healthcare workers, law enforcement officers, teachers, firefighters, even college graduates at of just above entry level positions. Most seem hardworking, responsible, and drug free to me. Developers can include a percentage of housing for the above professionals in the entire scope of the project that can be subsidized by more upscale pricier apartments included the same project. But Tallahassee needs stop with the anti-development policies in the urban core. Start with streamlining permitting, abolishing height restrictions and eliminating parking garages for some projects in the urban core.

By: Edward Lyle

Edward Lyle — Sat, 25 May 2024 11:41:20 +0000

Affordable Housing, Workforce Housing, and Low Income Housing are just different ways of saying what use to be known as “The Projects”. Taxpayer funded/subsidized slums is all.

As the old saying goes… changing the name is just putting lipstick on a pig.

People will live where they can afford to live. If you want to live in a nicer place, work harder, stay off drugs, and take responsibility for your life’s status. Taxpayers should not be forced to finance your feelings of inadequacy.

Besides, weren’t we told that $15 an-hour would solve all of this?

Fooled again, Batman.

By: 850

850 — Wed, 22 May 2024 22:16:04 +0000

So no, I do not support a project that is 100% low income. It’s non-inclusive and creates segregation between the have and have nots. It is also not affordable for developers. I support workforce housing with some low income residents and without ridiculous height limitations so that the project is more affordable to build. No city ownership!!

By: 850

850 — Wed, 22 May 2024 21:22:17 +0000

Workforce housing can include a percentage of low income housing. Some professionals prefer a more urban vibrant downtown. Everyone does not need to live in the suburbs. But city ownership and height restrictions of 7 stories in the city core will not work and is a terrible idea. The city does not have the funds to buy up property and build housing for ownership. Also, government owned housing is non taxable property which does not generate tax revenue needed to provide basic services. This is why socialism does not work.

I am just saying let the market and developers decide the appropriate stories. One way to help help developers is getting rid of parking requirements in areas with multimodal transportation. Also, if the city commissioners can approve a 10 story hotel and student housing project on Tennessee Street, then why would they limit the height for workforce housing if the developer wants to construct a taller structure for profitability.

By: TONY

TONY — Wed, 22 May 2024 17:39:19 +0000

@ 850 You bashed David’s idea which is just about Low Income Housing only. He didn’t even bring up workforce, residents or college housing. His idea for Low Income Housing is good. A Church on West Tennessee Street is talking about building workforce housing on a vacant city block across from the Church that fronts West Tennessee with funding help from the County and City. The problem is that, all the new Subdivisions being built start at $250K and UP.

By: 850

850 — Wed, 22 May 2024 16:32:02 +0000

Well I am referring to workforce housing. The demand is in the thousands and 72 units is far less that what is needed. Developers aren’t itching to build 40 story apartment buildings downtown, but should not be limited to just 6 stories if the market is there for more. We need housing for existing residents as well as the college graduates the city is trying to attract. Need more aggressive ideas but without city ownership.

By: TONY

TONY — Wed, 22 May 2024 15:03:57 +0000

Lets be honest, it’s not Affordable Housing they are talking about, it’s Subsidized Housing. Since taxes will be used to pay some or most of the rent I like David’s idea of the apartment buildings. At 6 stories, with 12 apartments per floor, you get 72 apartments in a small footprint.

By: 850

850 — Tue, 21 May 2024 20:36:11 +0000

The city buying and owning land is not the answer. The CRA already has ownership of the former homeless shelter and downtown properties which remain vacant.

Also, in the urban core, the developers need to determine how many stories are profitable for building apartments. See Live Local Act which was implemented to encourage workforce housing because cities like Tallahassee have unnecessary restrictions that make it difficult to promote workforce housing and other developments in the urban core.