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Article: Council mulls housing tax breaks.(City/Region)(Changing the boundary to encourage apartment construction eventually could add housing in the Trainsong neighborhood)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- October 23, 2008
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Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard
Eugene City Councilor Andrea Ortiz supports the expansion of tax breaks as a way to encourage developers to build apartments in her ward.
But she's not expecting anything to happen right away, even if the City Council ultimately approves extending the area where developers can get tax breaks for constructing apartments so it includes the Trainsong neighborhood where she lives.
"I don't know of anybody who will take advantage of this," she admitted.
But Ortiz on Wednesday was part of the council majority that tentatively directed the city staff to write an ordinance to extend the boundaries of the ...