Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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12) Is it possible to make the car excise tax progressive? That is, can the town charge a higher percent of a car's
value when the value of that car is over a certain amount?
13) I'd love to do the same as #12 with water use but I think that is a violation of state law.
Like many in the community, I'm interested in helping but my job does not allow me to commit major amounts of
time. (See suggestions in #9)
Thank you for giving the public so much time to respond.

Comment 3
I'm writing to share a few comments on the draft Fair Housing Plan for Arlington. I grew up in Winchester, lived in
Minnesota and Maine from 1999 to 2015, and moved to Arlington in May 2015.
As a single woman in my 40s with a professional job (I'm a librarian), I'm deeply aware of how precarious
housing feels for me - and also how much more so that must feel for many other people. (I am a renter: I would
love to buy a condo or something equivalent, and I fear that will be eternally out of range.) I have some chronic
health issues that mean that housing within a manageable commute to work is a particular concern to me.

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