housing – Coconino County Democratic Party

City caves to another student housing development

With the approval of the latest mega-student housing development at the old Jeld-Wen industrial site on Butler Avenue, the city of Flagstaff (Planning and Zoning Commission) has once again capitulated to outside (Texas) developers whose fabulous profits for projects such as The Hub, The Standard, and now this monstrosity on Butler Avenue continue to degrade […]

Ben Carson: Let’s Triple Rents for the Poor

Republicans gotta pay for the tax cut somehow. The proposal by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to at least triple the minimum rent that the poorest Americans pay for federally subsidized housing is part of the plan. This has to be approved by Congress, so maybe it won’t happen. We can hope so […]