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Council approves 20-year PILOT for Pine Brook Manor to finance $13M rehab
Summary
The Lansing City Council on Dec. 15 approved a 20-year service-charge-in-lieu pilot for Pine Brook Manor, a 136-unit low-income complex, to support roughly $13 million in private rehabilitation; the measure passed 7–1 after debate over term length and tenant protections.
Lansing City Council voted 7–1 on Dec. 15 to adopt an ordinance allowing Pine Brook Manor, a 136-unit low-income apartment community at 3618 West Miller Road, to pay a service charge in lieu of property taxes for up to 20 years to finance about $13,000,000 in rehabilitation work.
Council Member Garza, who moved the substitute that reduced the original 32-year request to a 20-year pilot, said the change was made to align incentives with long-term affordability and oversight. The ordinance establishes an annual service charge equal to 6.6% of annual shelter rents beginning with tax year 2027 and conditions the exemption on continued compliance with low-income program…
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