YIMBY News for 2/23

[Eric Budd]

Seattle Social Housing Staffs Up, Nets $115 Million

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 58.47. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, comp plan, comprehensive plan, construction, density, development, growth, house, housing, housing authority, housing cost, income, project, real estate, rent, urban, zone, zoning

The Seattle Social Housing Developer is riding high after receiving news that its recently voter-approved “excess compensation tax” smashed projections and pulled in $115 million in its first year. Social housing advocates’ priority bill at the state legislature is also making significant progress. The state House passed House Bill 1687 on February 10, and the Senate housing committee advanced the bill with a do-pass recommendation on Friday. The bill grants social housing public development authorities (PDAs) like Seattle’s additional powers and avenues for collaborations with state and local

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The Long Road to Family Reunification

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.72. growth, house, housing, project, rent

Early last spring, Nichole Macauley thought her three-plus year dependency court battle was finally over. After countless hearings, a revolving door of case managers, and years of painstaking compliance with court-ordered plans, the Philadelphia mother of three saw the outcome she wanted within reach. “‘Reunification! We’re going for reunification!’ That’s what they told me,” she said. When she arrived at court, however, a city attorney informed her that reunification was “off the table.” For Macauley, whose children now range in age from five to 16, the blow proved devastating. She spent the

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Proposed tax breaks for data centers would increase taxes for poor Coloradans, analysts say

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.52. construction, development, house, impact fee, income, project, rent

[image: a square, silver structure that is a cooling tower at a data center] The industry-backed data center bill making its way through the Colorado Capitol would raise taxes on the poorest Coloradans in its bid to provide large tax incentives to tech companies, according to nonpartisan staff charged with analyzing proposed legislation. In the fiscal year that starts in July, staff estimate House Bill 1030 would reduce the state’s general fund revenue by $29 million because of the proposed 20- to 30-year sales and use tax exemption offered to data center companies. That decrease would trigger

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