Our city’s leaders are correctly focused on maintaining housing affordability, and it is incumbent on all our leaders to work with them.

In the past few years, the city has convened a task force and developed policy options to preserve affordability. These actions have been important ones that top-tier cities preparing for growth should consider. While the funding mechanism — the realty transfer tax — is not the best option, its existence is a good thing for our city’s strategy.

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