The city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board is asking whether part of the money from the city’s affordable housing sales tax should be earmarked for social services such as housing vouchers.
The board had the discussion at its meeting Monday, following its most recent round of funding. None of the funding, which was the first to use dollars generated from a citywide sales tax for affordable housing efforts, went to fund social services. A few board members asked whether the board should divide the approximately $1 million of annual affordable housing funding into two pots, one for construction or renovation projects and one for social services.
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