James Mitchell
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first heard Oct 2023
last heard 14 Sep
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So I wanted to hear your thoughts.
Thank you, Mayor Potem.
Thank you, Council Member Owens, for that additional piece regarding the IOTA and to Council Member Ashmeara and to the entire committee and Council Member Graham who might be listening on the road riding back to town.
As someone who had the pleasure of serving alongside with Council Member Ashmeara on the budget governance and intergovernmental committee for multiple years, I am happy to see
that the committee chose to support Senate Bill 349.
One of our biggest challenges with aging in place is not just for our elders that have home ownership, but it's also our elders that are in rental units.
And in rental units that we have funded,
The escalation clause is something that I have spoken about more than once that's in that LIHTC legislation.
And unfortunately, earlier today, I received a call where we have an elder, based on what's happening on the federal level, heard $1,000 a month.
Social Security check was reduced down to $800.
She just got notification that the complex that is a senior project is increasing their rent $50.
That's $800.
So that is her whole Social Security check.
So how does she get medication?
Where's our 30% and below?
Where are the protections that we need for our elders in the community?
Because I do not want to see 1,000 plus elders
in the category of being unhoused, as well as I am very happy that the support continues for us to, you know, first of all, they got to pass the budget, but one day, the fact that we have the support there for the provision of appropriating funds for our workforce housing loan program, because that is, we have people who earn 75 to 150,000 a year, but cannot afford to buy a home.
or make that investment in Charlotte and even in our region right now.
So I appreciate the fact that housing stayed in the conversation as well as economic development and the work that we're putting around our advocacy.
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