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SB 129 – Expand brownfield taxpayer subsidy deal to include subsidized housing.

admin — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 22:23:17 +0000

The bill would add subsidized housing to the list of uses for redevelopment of brownfield projects. This provides developers with a tax subsidy to rebuild in these areas. Apart from the issues on whether housing should be directed towards brownfield properties, brownfield projects directed towards housing provide nice profits for developers and owners, but fail to provide the promised benefits for the constituents the politicians serve.

Melstrom, et al. – “Black and Hispanic households benefit less than White households from brownfield cleanup and vacant land development. Second, owners appear to benefit more than renters from cleanup and development. Overall, these results provide evidence of differences associated with race and housing tenure in who benefits from local land use actions.”

Sen. Nesbitt voted no.

Wendzel voted no.

Bill passed and signed by governor.

B ill Details

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Aric Nesbitt and Pauline Wendzel issue statement opposing Consumers powerline project.

admin — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:28:27 +0000

Republican Senate Leader Aric Nesbitt and House Republican Energy, Communications, and Technology Committee Vice Chair Pauline Wendzel issued this statement.

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SB 55 – Extension of property tax poverty exemption.

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:29:34 +0000

The bill would have amended the General Property Tax Act to extend a provision allowing an automatic poverty exemption under certain conditions for the 2022 tax year through the 2023 tax year for properties that were exempt in the 2019, 2020, or 2021 tax year. The governing body of a local assessing unit would have until December 1, 2023, to adopt a resolution to continue the exemption for those properties and would have to report each exemption granted by the
board of review for the immediately preceding tax year to the Department of Treasury. Additionally, the bill would allow a board of review to grant a partial poverty exemption equal to a 75% reduction in taxable value for the tax year in which the exemption was granted.

People should not have their property seized due to poverty. This bill would have extended the exemption process.

Sen. Nesbitt voted yes.

Bill Details

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