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City reviews draft housing TIF policy after 2023 Brownfield law change; staff caps capture at 70% and affordability at 90% AMI
Summary
Staff presented a draft policy to use the 2023 Brownfield law amendment (Public Act 90) to reimburse certain housing development costs via tax increment capture. The draft limits reimbursable activities, sets a 70% capture cap, requires at least 20% of units be rent‑restricted and caps affordability at 90% AMI for at least 10 years.
At the Oct. 13, 2025 work session, city staff presented a draft policy to use the 2023 amendment to Michigan’s brownfield law (Public Act 90) to allow tax‑increment financing (TIF) to reimburse eligible housing development activities.
What the law change allows: Public Act 90 (amendment to the Brownfield/TIF statute) expanded eligible property and activities to include housing development and related costs. Staff said the city already uses brownfield TIF for industrial projects and that the 2023 change permits the same mechanism for housing in eligible cases.
Key features of the draft policy presented by staff (Nicole): • Eligible reimbursable activities narrowed in the draft to two items: public‑use infrastructure and demolition/site preparation (the legislation is broader but staff proposed limiting reimbursements to those items). • A capture…
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