MFTE Reauthorization Process is Looking a Lot Like the “Grand Bargain”
Last year, Seattle’s Office of Housing decided to break protocol — and the law — by not following the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) income standard for calculation of rents in units in the Multifamily Housing Tax Exemption (MFTE) program. Why? Because incomes went up in 2017 and therefore so did the calculation […]
Changing the Narrative: Minneapolis Owners and Tenants Show How
Check out my post at Forbes about an aggressive push back on bad tenant landlord policy that’s underway in Minneapolis. Like Seattle, well intended people and some power driven Councilmembers burnishing their lefty credentials are trying to shutdown the tenant screening process. This is absurd. All this will do is make life worse for tenants. […]
Bisnow: Opportunity Zones Only Work With Lower Costs
I had the opportunity to be on Biznow’s panel last week on Opportunity Zones, a feature of last years tax reform legislation at the federal level that is supposed to encourage investment in areas struggling economically. I made the point that wound up in the headline of the story: Opportunity Zones Expose Conflict Between Growth Advocates […]
