High stakes: Gaming money designed to aid the public goes to for-profit developers

Big development projects take big money — and for some developers in Dauphin County, gaming grants are a piece of the financing puzzle.

Dauphin County commissioners have awarded $1.8 million in gambling revenue from Hollywood Casino to private developers for projects of all kinds, from affordable housing complexes to luxury apartment buildings and town centers.

Affordable housing has a clear community benefit, housing experts and developers say, and public funds are essential to help build it…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS