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Council Member Mealy discusses concerns about affordability in the Brownsville NCP project
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Council Member Darlene Mealy expresses her concerns about the affordability levels in the Brownsville NCP project, emphasizing the importance of truly affordable housing on city-owned land. She highlights the changes made to the project's AMI levels and stresses the need for long-term affordability planning.
- Mealy notes that the project's AMI levels were changed from 30-70% to 40-60% after initial opposition
- She argues that at least 30% AMI should be maintained, especially on city-owned land
- Mealy emphasizes the importance of defining "affordable" and considering future generations' housing needs
Darlene Mealy
0:44:24
I'm just talk I would like to talk about the Brownsville NCP.
0:44:28
I hope all my colleagues realize once you voted against me on a project in my district, they were able to go back and change some things that I have put in.
0:44:39
We should always think about this is city owned land that we can do a % affordability.
0:44:47
So now that they've modified it, instead of 30 to seven, the AMI is now 40 to 60.
0:44:55
I feel that area should stay 30 at least.
0:44:59
And we have to think about this is city owned land.
0:45:03
We have to remember your children, children, children would need to live somewhere, someday in this city.
0:45:10
And if we do not make sure it's affordable, because a lot of my constituents ask affordable but affordable to who?
0:45:19
To this day, I do not know how much a three bedroom apartment in this project is in which I have asked for.
0:45:26
So please know once you start voting for projects that really do not help the community, some affordability, imagine if we we had a hundred hundred percent affordability.
0:45:42
So I just hope that my colleagues could think about this for the future.
0:45:49
We need affordable housing and a % affordability, especially when it's city owned vacant land.
0:45:58
Thank you.