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Residents press commission on housing enforcement, proposed data center and long-standing "welcoming city" resolution
Summary
During public comment residents criticized housing enforcement and sought rescission of a 2014 welcoming-city resolution; staff clarified the resolution's legal effect and answered questions about a proposed large data center's water and power use.
Several residents spoke during the public-comment period about housing conditions, a proposed data center and the city's 2014 "welcoming city" resolution.
Gary Armstrong criticized city housing enforcement and landlord practices, saying the city allowed LLCs to purchase rental housing and create substandard tenements. "The commission has created an untenable housing crisis by purposely, purposefully abandoning prior practices for the consents consistent code enforcement,"…
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