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Residents and council urge action on affordable housing; some projects delayed by permitting and administration disputes
Summary
Residents and council members pressed for stronger affordable-housing requirements and for administrative fixes to speed stalled projects; a council member recommended tying developer tax incentives to escalating affordable-housing set‑asides.
Affordable housing drew sustained public comment and council discussion at the May 12 legislative session. Robert Taylor, a Salisbury resident, urged the council to require developers who receive long-term tax incentives to provide dedicated affordable units and to bind those commitments in land records so units remain reserved through ownership changes.
“I'm speaking primarily of the Horizon program up to a 20 year tax waiver,” Taylor said, and recommended tying tax incentives to affordable-housing set-asides: “If somebody wants any of that horizon…
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