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City development analyst outlines MUPTI tax-exemption tool for downtown housing
Summary
City staff described the Multi‑Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTI), showing it incentivizes higher-density, transit-supportive housing in Eugene's core, requires public-benefit criteria and modest green-building performance, and has approved 928 units toward a 1,500-unit review cap.
Dylan Huber Heidorn, the city's development analyst and MUPTI program manager, gave the Sustainability Commission an overview of Eugene's Multi‑Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTI), calling it a tool to "tip the scales" so development that would otherwise be financially infeasible can proceed in the downtown core.
Lede: "MUPTI grants qualifying projects up to a 10 year exemption on property tax for new residential development," Huber Heidorn said, noting the exemption applies only to new value added to a property, not to land or existing buildings. He described the program boundary around Eugene's downtown and riverfront, and said student housing is not eligible under current rules.
Nut graf: The program aims to stimulate transit‑supportive,…
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