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Residents press Edina for transparency on affordable-housing compliance and potential federal funding cuts
Summary
Two residents urged the council to disclose how many affordable units are permanently affordable vs. subject to sunsets, occupancy rates per development, and the city’s dollar exposure to federal funding; staff said it will monitor and report back and will post preliminary information to the city website by week’s end.
At the Feb. 18 Edina City Council meeting, residents used the public-comment period to press the city for more transparency about affordable housing projects and to ask how potential federal budget cuts could affect city programs.
Ralph Sickert, a resident of Cornelia Circle, said staff reported at a recent HRA session that the city had met “17.2% of Edina's goal for affordable units as set by the Met Council” and asked how many of the…
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