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Comment proposes selling underutilized city parcels to affordable-housing developers
Summary
A written public comment read at the Urbana CDC meeting recommended the city sell surplus or blighted parcels to affordable-housing developers to remove municipal maintenance burden, create housing units and grow the tax base.
Chris Coulter read a written comment urging the city to consider selling underutilized or blighted city-owned parcels to affordable-housing developers rather than retaining them as surplus.
The commenter wrote that transferring such properties to private or nonprofit ownership would remove municipal maintenance responsibilities, directly create new affordable housing and generate ongoing tax revenue. The suggestion was submitted as part of the CAPER comment period and will be included in the record for staff consideration; no immediate action or vote was taken at the hearing.
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