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Consultants show tax‑abatement tool, tell Charlottesville commission abatements can help but won’t single‑handedly fix housing feasibility
Summary
3TP Ventures presented a feasibility model to the Charlottesville Planning Commission showing current housing projects largely don’t 'pencil' under existing market conditions; traditional value‑based abatements provide modest benefit, while a rent‑gap design yields larger financial relief but raises administrative and precedent concerns.
Consultants from 3TP Ventures told the Charlottesville Planning Commission that, under current market conditions, most typical rental projects in the city are not financially feasible and that tax abatements can improve—but rarely fully solve—those feasibility gaps.
The presentation, introduced by Kelly Brown, director of Neighborhood Development Services, described a pro‑forma modeling tool 3TP developed to test how inclusionary zoning and a range of incentives (value‑based abatements, rent‑gap abatements, gap financing, land provision, expedited review) change standard development metrics such as yield on cost and internal rate of return (IRR). Jeremy Goldstein, who led the quantitative work, summarized the core finding: “Right now, looking at typical housing projects across the city … we’re not seeing a lot of projects that can really pencil out as they say right now.”
Why it matters: Commissioners said they need reliable, adjustable analysis to weigh…
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