Government & Housing Legalities A plan to raise taxes in the City of
Cincinnati to generate millions of dollars annually for affordable housing has been proposed at City Hall. But the plan already appears to be in trouble. Cincinnati
councilmember Chris Pat Crowley
Seelbach wants to increase the city’s earn- ings tax by .01 points to 1.9 percent to raise an estimated $17 million a year for nine years to create affordable housing. Six votes on council are required to put the
plan before the voters in November. But council must approve placing the issue on the ballot by
the end of August. And a number of council members have already said they are likely to oppose the Seelbach plan. Seelbach is term-limited and cannot run to retain his council
This heading deals with housing & legal issues within the Governmental structure.
ANOTHER ‘AFFORDABLE HOUSING’ EFFORT LAUNCHED OUT OF CINCINNATI CITY HALL By Pat Crowley, Vice President of Governmental Affairs
seat. But other members are likely not eager to increase taxes in an election year. The city’s voters spoke loud and clear on this issue in the May primary by soundly defeating Issue 3 by a margin of 73 per- cent to 27 percent. Issue 3 would have mandated the city to set aside at least $50 million every year for affordable housing, an ill-conceived plan that not only lacked public support but also had no backing from the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Apartment Association or the broader business community. Affordable housing is always an issue worthy of attention and
study. But haphazard plans with few to no details is an approach that will have a difficult-to-impossible time of generating broad- based support. Patrick Crowley is the GCNKAA Vice President for
Government Affairs.
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