“I couldn’t in good conscious vote in giving them another break, when they couldn’t give their own people another break,” said Lansing City Councilman Ryan Kost.
At the last council meeting on September 30th, City Council unanimously voted against 5% payment in lieu of taxes for two Lansing Housing Commission’s Affordable Housing complexes. Together, both complexes are expected to bring more than 100 affordable units to the Cherry Hill neighborhood.
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“We keep building properties here in Lansing, but we’re not taking care of the properties we already have, specifically LHC,” Kost said.
Council said LHC can still utilize the 10% pilots that were previously approved. Kost said he didn’t support the new PILOTS because of the conditions of other LHC properties. One of them, the Capital City Apartments on south Washington avenue.
“There are issues on the inside, mold, electrical,” Kost said.