Herbert: having more middle-income renters facing affordability challenges helps create political pressure to address housing problems. (hopefully!) but still need more political support for subsidies to poor renters. (yes)
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Frey: "I believe in beautifully diverse neighborhoods" (racially, economically, age/household type). But single-family-exclusive zoning won't let you build them. Legalizing apartments enables diverse neighborhoods.
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Herbert: how much interest is Minneapolis getting from other parts of the country in zoning reform? Frey: tons. [he's not exaggerating.]
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Frey: besides doing zoning reform, maybe there's room for financial incentives. Like making it easier to get a mortgage for a triplex. [this is super important conversation that needs to happen.]
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Herbert: the whole country will be watching Minneapolis over next 5 years. [so, no pressure!
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Frey: housing policy isn't just cities & HUD, state govts play critical role in helping cities fund below-market housing [and could help incentivize zoning reform...]
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Frey: Minneapolis offers property tax reduction to landlords who agree to keep some apartments at below-mkt rents. That helps keep some housing affordable w/out new subsidy. [city does lose revenues, so kind of subsidy]
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here ends the live-tweet + commentary...y'all should go read
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This is something we've started doing only recently in Charlottesville after our Affordable Housing Needs study showed how bad things were quantitatively. Data is powerful.
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