Few would object to a claim that Savannah has a housing issue it needs to fix. More than an ordinary issue, however, this was tabbed as a full-on “housing crisis” […]
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PROPERTY MATTERS: Housing authority projects determined to be ‘infeasible’, development agreement ended
Housing Authority of Savannah officials say they are unable to move forward with plans to construct the next phases of mixed-income housing developments on downtown's eastside. In February, the housing […]
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How to fund affordable housing development?
Between 2016 and 2018, Savannah approved applications for projects which created over 3,000 new market based rental housing units. Sadly, no funds were collected from these developments to help fund new affordable housing, a major lost opportunity.
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Real change and real service require transcending party politics
Social change demands that you think differently. It also asks you to take risks. Actions like these come with a cost. Are you willing to sacrifice relationships and associations to do the right thing?
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Editor’s Note: Dying malls = affordable housing?
In Savannah right now, there is at least as much of a demand for affordable housing as there is for upscale condos and/or Airbnbs. Many would argue, a much higher demand. The trick is to make this demand able to be met in the real world, in a market economy.
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Affordable Housing: Solutions require collaboration, breaking free of echo chambers
We should also continue to be advocates for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) which provide dollars and flexibility to deal with such issues as housing, infrastructure and human service need
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Editor’s Note: Help wanted — Affordable housing, better transportation
As many of our high-profile service industry projects come to fruition and are beginning to serve customers in earnest, they are discovering the hardest job of all might be… filling jobs.
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Editor’s Note: Learning from Charleston’s successes – and mistakes
Every major tourism-oriented challenge that Savannah has faced, from trying to regulate Short Term Vacation Rentals to trying to control the proliferation of new hotels, Charleston has had to deal with first.
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Affordable Housing 101: What it is, and what it isn’t
Let’s back up a second. That word. “Affordable” – what does that really mean?
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Cost of living
The term affordable housing has a certain stigma attached to it. For many it immediately evokes images of housing projects and government handouts, but it’s an issue that reaches far […]