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Landlord association representative urges focus on job creation to ease affordable-housing pressures
Summary
At public comment, landlord association representative Rick Paul urged the legislature to prioritize job creation and reduce regulatory burdens to address affordable-housing challenges, citing rising costs, higher taxes, and fair-market rent figures.
Rick Paul, who identified himself as a landlord association representative and Elmira taxpayer, addressed the Chemung County Legislature during the public-comment period on July 14 to urge a different approach to the county’s affordable-housing challenges.
“What is affordable housing really mean?” Paul asked, saying the phrase is used “without a clear, shared understanding.” He described rising operating costs for rental property owners — higher property taxes, increased insurance costs, spiking water and sewer rates, and higher material and…
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