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Hastings staff proposes 'micro TIF' pilot to speed small property upgrades

2594067 · February 24, 2025
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Summary

City staff outlined a plan to adopt Nebraska's expedited tax-increment financing process for small residential projects, proposing a residential-only pilot capped at 15 applications per year and stressing the council would be required by state statute to approve qualifying requests within 30 days.

City staff presented a proposal to implement Nebraska's micro tax-increment financing program—known as micro TIF—intended to speed financing for small rehabilitation and infill projects in designated blighted and substandard areas.

The presentation by Chad, a city staff member in development services, explained the statutory framework and said the program “is 30 days max by state statute” for review and that “if it meets those 3 criteria, you have to approve” the application. The three statutory criteria Chad named were: the property must be in a blighted and substandard area, the site must have been within city limits for at least 60 years, and the completed project’s estimated value must not exceed statutory thresholds (Chad said $350,000 for single-family residential;…

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