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There is less than one week before the City Council votes to potentially repeal an affordable housing program for the City of Madison.
Not everyone knows all the ins and outs of inclusionary zoning, but for those of you who want to read more, you can start here: http://izmadison.blogspot.com/. More updates to come throughout the week, but please mark your calendar for the upcoming city council meeting Tuesday, July 11 at 6:30. We will need you.
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A Letter from PD member Lisa Subeck printed in the Capital Times:
Dear Editor: On Tuesday night, Madison's City Council will hold a special meeting on inclusionary zoning. The council will consider a package of amendments to improve the ordinance and a proposal to repeal the ordinance altogether.
Special interest lobbying groups have come out against inclusionary zoning. One such group has even run radio ads urging Madisonians to contact their representatives in favor of repeal. The group calls itself "Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance" but doesn't represent homeowners at all. Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance is actually a front group for the Wisconsin Realtors Association, a lobbying group representing the real estate industry. The board of this supposed homeowners' alliance consists entirely of Realtors despite the group's claims of advocacy on behalf of homeowners.
Madison's residents and council members should ignore the outlandish claims of such special interest groups and instead focus on the affordable housing crisis plaguing our city. Inclusionary zoning has successfully increased the availability of affordable housing in Madison and throughout the country.
Madison's inclusionary zoning ordinance has proved effective and simply needs some improvements. These improvements have been proposed for consideration Tuesday night. The council should demonstrate its commitment to solving Madison's affordable housing crisis by improving rather than repealing inclusionary zoning.
Lisa Subeck
Posted by prodane at July 7, 2006 03:45 AM
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