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City says housing permits lag; RHID tax tool remains central to development plans
Summary
Assistant City Manager Danielle Burke told the Garden City governing body that the reinvestment housing district (RHID) tax-increment tool remains the main driver of housing development while staff data show a shortfall of units compared with recent needs assessments.
Assistant City Manager Danielle Burke presented the annual housing update to the Garden City governing body on Feb. 3, describing how the reinvestment housing district (RHID) tax-increment tool has been used to finance infrastructure for new housing and reporting permit and occupancy counts.
Burke said the city's December 2024 housing assessment indicates Garden City is behind on housing supply and estimated the community faces a shortfall of roughly 4,000 housing units based on recent growth trends. "We are desperately behind where we need to be as it relates to housing,"…
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