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DeKalb committee approves land-trust feasibility funding, advances land-bank transfers amid debate over hotel-motel tax and zoning changes
Summary
A PECS special session recommended $122,000 be allocated for a community land trust feasibility study and approved transfers of surplus county parcels to the land bank; commissioners debated using a slice of hotel-motel tax for an affordable housing trust fund and a proposal to reduce minimum single-family unit sizes.
DeKalb County’s PECS committee recommended immediate budget action on housing tools and moved several items to the full board after a work-group session that combined public comment, staff presentations and commissioner debate.
Committee recommendation on community land trust study: Commissioner Long Spears moved and the committee approved a substitute resolution to allocate county funding for a feasibility study to create a community land trust (item 20-24-1564). Commissioners amended the requested amount downward during committee discussion to $122,000; the committee recorded approval by voice vote and recommended the amended substitute be considered at the October business meeting. Administration and the chief housing officer were asked to review the substitute language to confirm…
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