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Residents urge homeownership, land trusts and AI analysis; city staff cautions on land-value tax and rental restrictions
Summary
A resident urged zoning changes to favor homeownership, vacancy taxes and land trusts and suggested using AI to analyze GIS data; city staff (Caleb) said a land-value tax is not currently allowable under Indiana law and warned that rental restrictions could reduce affordability.
During the privilege of the floor, Sue Castle of 422 Kennedy Drive urged the council to favor homeownership over rentals, saying "South Bend has a 40% poverty level" and that "the answer is not rentals, it's homeownership." She recommended research into vacancy taxes and land trusts used by other cities and suggested using AI to…
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