Jackson’s housing exactions are being challenged, and rightfully so. When given a choice, voters refuse to fund housing. They keep saying NO. But our electeds don’t listen. They keep ‘hunting’ the money wherever they can find it. Our Housing Department was expanded two years ago (exactly what voters didn’t want). Pure folly. We now need to shrink it again–limit it to managing the inventory we have already.
Here is the Other Side of the Story of October 2: