萨克拉门托Railyards开发社区利益请愿获1000多人签名：要求至少25%可负担住房，原定10月27日表决推迟
加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托县萨克拉门托市消息：市中心Railyards开发项目的社区利益诉求已获1,000多名居民签名请愿支持，市议会原定10月27日的表决已经推迟，请愿要求该项目至少包含25%的可负担住房。
据酒店业工会Unite Here Local 49介绍，数十名支持者10月21日在旧市政厅外集会，要求市议会推迟表决，以便与开发方协商社区利益方案。第8区市议员Mai Vang出席集会并表示支持该项目，但强调要建设「属于所有人的Railyards」，希望项目包含至少25%可负担住房，并由社区参与 shaping 利益方案，她也支持推迟原定10月27日的表决。
集会方提出的社区利益包还包括一家杂货店、一项防流离失所基金，以及为拟建酒店与足球场的运营工人提供生活工资。Local 49主席Aamir Deen介绍了上述诉求。开发方LDK Ventures未回应置评请求。
按工会方面的介绍，Railyards项目建成后将使市中心规模扩大一倍，规划包括最高10,000套住房、一座音乐场馆、一座体育场与三家酒店。现住在项目用地范围内的68岁居民Nancy Williams以社会安全金支付可负担住房租金，她表示若建成9,000多套市场价住房，自己将被价格挤出。
来源：GSM·美国
Sacramento Railyards Community-Benefits Petition Tops 1,000 Signatures Demanding 25% Affordable Housing; Oct. 27 Council Vote Delayed
SACRAMENTO, Sacramento County, California — More than 1,000 Sacramento residents have signed a petition demanding better community benefits tied to the downtown Railyards development, including at least 25% affordable housing, and a City Council vote planned for October 27 on the project has been delayed.
According to Unite Here Local 49, dozens of supporters rallied outside Old City Hall on October 21, calling on the council to delay the vote so the benefits can be negotiated with the developer. Councilwoman Mai Vang of District 8 attended the rally; she said she supports the Railyards project but added, 'we want a railyard for all,' and wants the project to include at least 25% affordable housing with the community shaping the benefits package. She also supported delaying the October 27 vote, which has since been delayed.
Those rallying want a community benefits package that includes 25% affordable housing, a grocery store, an anti-displacement fund and living wages for operations workers at the proposed hotels and soccer stadium, said Aamir Deen, president of Unite Here Local 49, which represents downtown hospitality workers. LDK Ventures, which is at least partly responsible for developing the project, did not respond to a request for comment.
Local 49 leaders say the Railyards project will double the size of downtown Sacramento, with up to 10,000 housing units, a concert venue, a stadium and three hotels. Nancy Williams, 68, who now lives in affordable housing where the project would be built and pays her rent with her Social Security check, said that if the more than 9,000 units of market-rate housing are built, 'I'll be priced out.'
Source: GSM · USA
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