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Public hearing on Dixie Cup TIF draws residents urging stronger affordable-housing terms; county sets May 7 vote
Summary
A public hearing on a proposed TIF for the former Dixie Cup site in Wilson Borough drew widespread concern that the ordinance’s fee-in-lieu — $31,707.32 per unit for 10% of units, roughly $1.3 million over 20 years — is inadequate to produce affordable housing. The developer and counsel said the site is a brownfield and offered up to $2 million; council scheduled a May 7 vote.
A Northampton County public hearing on April 16 drew dozens of residents, municipal leaders and the developer to discuss a proposed tax increment financing district for the former Dixie Cup site in Wilson Borough.
Community speakers pressed council to require meaningful on-site affordable housing or a much larger fee in lieu than the one proposed. "You cannot build 40 units of affordable housing for $1.3 million," said Armando Moritz Pelikan, president of the Wilson Area Links coalition, referring to the ordinance’s offer that a developer could pay approximately $31,707.32 per unit for 10% of the project’s units. Pelikan urged council to raise the fee to at least $100,000 per unit or require on-site affordability.
Developer and legal counsel framed the measure…
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