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Thomas Soules, Livermore
I have been out of town for the past few weeks and noticed that some other cities are implementing affordable living by converting hotels and condominium projects into affordable living apartments. However, no one on the Livermore city council seems open to thinking outside the box to save the Luckyâs site downtown and provide perhaps more affordable living arrangements than the city plan. OK. If building north of Railroad is too expensive, what about other locations.? And what about the fact that the Legacy building right across the street that is half built may be available.
Thomas Soules, Livermore
I would like to make a couple of points that were not mentioned at the May 24 city council meeting.
First, let me say that I am all in favor of trying to make living in Livermore affordable for working-class families. Clearly, Livermore is not affordable for the working class.
However, the proposed housing will not do what is intended, namely to significantly help make Livermore more affordable. At best it will be like putting a small band-aid on a huge wound. Only a small number of very low-income people will be significantly helped. With a stipulation that the renters would only pay 30 % of their gross income in rent and would have an income of 20-60% of the median, teachers making $60 K per year will either not qualify or will get a small reduction in their rent. Hospitality workers making $30 K will get a substantial reduction in rent. The units will be âaffordableâ only to these very low-income workers. But there are only 130 units while Lin
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