波士顿（Boston）规划部门批准四个住宅项目定向减税安排 解锁1,400套住房、含180多套收入限价房
波士顿（Boston）——位于马萨诸塞州萨福克县的波士顿（Boston）市，波士顿规划与发展局（Boston Planning & Development Agency，BPDA）董事会10月15日批准相关协议，为四个此前已获该局批准的市场价住宅项目提供定向、限时的房产税减免安排，合计将解锁1,400套住房，其中包括180多套收入限价住房，并支持约1,582个就业岗位。市长吴弭（Michelle Wu）政府上月提出该方案，减免总额估计约3,150万美元。
获批的四个项目为：Charlestown 的 One Mystic Avenue，16层、408套住房，其中45套为收入限价房，位于 Sullivan Station 对面，将由仓库与工业用地改建，并缴纳1,400万美元包容性发展政策（IDP）资金；Allston 的 22-24 Pratt Street，16层、318套住房，其中27套为收入限价房，缴纳810万美元 IDP 资金；Brighton 的 83 Leo M. Birmingham Parkway，由原广播电台用地改建，333套住房，其中52套为收入限价房；以及 Allston 的 Allston Yards Building D，341套住房。四个项目合计将提供超过2,000万美元的 IDP 资金。
按安排，减免方式为暂时递延四个项目房产税涨幅的一部分，开发商缴纳的房产税不低于目前水平，市府不会出现净收入损失；优惠在各项目建成后才开始生效，期限为五年或十年。此次董事会批准后，市府将与各项目团队展开正式谈判，减免将帮助这些已获许可的项目在未来一年内开工。
吴弭在提出该方案时表示：「居民现在迫切需要更多住房，我们不能让已经获批、随时可以开工的项目因为今天严峻的经济逆风而继续搁置。这些定向减免将帮助项目在未来一年内动工，创造1,400套新住房和1,500多个就业岗位——而且市府不会有净收入损失。」市府表示，挑选项目的标准包括规模超过100套、包含收入限价住房以及高能效标准。（GSM 据波士顿市规划部门与波士顿市政府公开资料整理）
Boston Planning Board Approves Targeted Tax Abatements for Four Housing Projects, Unlocking 1,400 Homes
BOSTON — Boston is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The board of the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) on October 15 approved agreements to enable targeted, time-limited property tax abatements for four previously approved market-rate housing developments, together unlocking 1,400 homes, including more than 180 income-restricted homes, and supporting an estimated 1,582 jobs across Boston. The package, proposed last month by Mayor Michelle Wu's administration, carries an estimated $31.5 million in temporary tax relief.
The four projects are One Mystic Avenue in Charlestown, a 16-story building with 408 homes, 45 of them income-restricted, across from Sullivan Station, with a $14 million Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP) contribution; 22-24 Pratt Street in Allston, a 16-story development with 318 homes, 27 income-restricted, and an $8.1 million IDP contribution; 83 Leo M. Birmingham Parkway in Brighton, converting a former radio-station site into 333 homes, 52 income-restricted; and Allston Yards Building D in Allston, with 341 homes. Together the projects will provide more than $20 million in IDP funding.
Under the arrangements, the abatements temporarily defer a portion of each project's property tax increases; developers will continue to pay at least the same property taxes they pay today, and the city will experience no net revenue loss. The incentives begin only after construction is complete and can run for five or ten years. The board's approval allows formal negotiations to begin between the city and each project team, and the relief is intended to let the projects begin construction within the next year.
"Residents urgently need more housing now, and we can't afford to let approved projects that are ready to build remain stalled because of today's tough economic headwinds," Wu said when proposing the package. "These targeted abatements would help put shovels in the ground within the next year, creating 1,400 new homes and over 1,500 jobs — all with no net revenue loss to the City." The city said it prioritized larger developments of more than 100 units that include income-restricted housing and high energy-efficiency standards. (GSM, based on City of Boston and Boston Planning Department public releases)
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