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QUESTION

Why is there no housing for residents, and what are the alternatives?

1:20:36

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32 sec

Mitch Katz discusses the historical shift away from city-provided housing for residents and suggests alternatives, such as building housing or vouchering.

  • The city once provided housing for nurses and residents, but has shifted away from acting as a landlord.
  • Katz supports the idea of building housing for residents or integrating them into existing housing through vouchering.
  • He suggests cities stopped providing their own housing due to the challenges of being landlords.
  • A question is raised about the provision of housing on the Jacoby campus despite the city's general stance against being a landlord.
Kristy Marmorato
1:20:36
Why is there no housing for your residence?
Mitch Katz
1:20:41
You know, I think the city at one time did housing for nurses and residents.
1:20:47
It's a model that, you know, I would support.
1:20:49
I would also support, you know, vouchering if the city does not wanna be in the business of being a landlord.
1:20:56
I think that was part of why historically most cities stopped doing their own housing.
1:21:03
So you could do it either way, you could build your own housing, or you could type in people into housing.
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