HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 08-23 Maplewood Councilman Favors Tax Subisies for Elderly DISPATCH Mop l ewood Councilman Favors
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Today's t a x-b e le build them a n o t h e r ple" being forced out of Human Relations Corn-
guered cit i z e n s need place to live." their homes will worsen mission — for establish-
"something better" than It'd be a lot simpler, in the not-so-distant fu- ing a local Housing &
government subsidies G r e a v u suggested, if ture. Redevelopment Authori-
for construction- of new "Uncle Sam" subsidized "I think in the next 10 ty(HRA).
homes, Maplewood VII- all or a portion of the years or so you'll see an The HRA the commis-
lage Councilman John low income p e r s o n 's influx of retired people sion reported, could ini-
Greavusays. property taxes. i n t o Maplewood," he tiate government-subsi-
"I hope . . : that some "Then theguy who said. dized housing projects
day the federal and statempays r hise ue awhdo He said this is because for the elderly and other
governments (provide). wants to retire and live people live longer and low incomena people path
relief for old people who, retire sooner. er than wait for private
p p out his years there ran The councilman's re- developers to act.•
own their home and pay do just that,"he stated. marks were prompted The Village Council
taxes," he commented The councilman said by a recommendation took the proposal under
at a recent council meet- the problem of "old peo- from the community's advisement.
ing.
"Right now they 'r e
being driven out of their
homes by takes," he ex-
plained.
He said the govern-
ment's response to that
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