HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-11-23 Public Comment - K. Beach - Agenda item Municipal Housing AuthorityFrom:Karen Beach
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Subject:[EXTERNAL]Agenda item Municipal Housing Authority
Date:Monday, December 11, 2023 2:37:04 PM
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Dear Commissioner’s,
I am writing to you today to urge you to vote AGAINST the creation of a Municipal Housing
Authority. Not only is it unwise and unnecessary, but with only 49 signatures on a petition, itobviously does not represent the vast majority of Bozeman residents, myself included.
In fact, the amount of available housing inventory is already well above the national average
of a 5% vacancy rate. Prices have not only stabilized here but have come down and itseems there is more development on the horizon that will provide for thousands of new
housing options. An MHA is unwarranted.
Please follow suit as the Gallatin County Commissioners have done and reject this unwise andunnecessary “authority.” I agree with them that it’s an inappropriate solution to affordable
housing for Gallatin County! It has always ended badly wherever it has been tried. Let’s keepBozeman a place where people want to flee to, not away from.
Sincerely,
Karen Beach
2621 Kid Curry DrBozeman, MT 59718
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