Measure on the ballot in the 2016 Multistate 2016 General Election in Mississippi.
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Get StartedA "yes" vote supports adopting an ordinance requiring that certain development projects provide for affordable housing and comply with local labor standards
A "no" vote opposes adopting this ordinance
Requires developers to include affordable housing units in large projects for which they seek special permission to skirt zoning codes or to build beyond density and height restrictions, in support of Initiative Ordinance JJJ (Learn more)
Requires that 30 percent of construction workers on these development projects be hired locally, and that 10 percent be from areas where the median income is under $40,000, in support of Initiative Ordinance JJJ (Learn more)
This ordinance could end up making it easier and faster to build new, more expensive developments without providing enough housing for the poor and displaced, in opposition to Initiative Ordinance JJJ (Learn more)
Favors union labor and penalizes building companies that aren't unionized, in opposition to Initiative Ordinance JJJ (Learn more)
Limits the City's ability to restrict amendments to the general plan (a city document that guides development) for real estate developments that meet affordable housing, transit and labor requirements, in opposition to Initiative Ordinance JJJ (Learn more)
Shall an ordinance: 1) requiring that certain residential development projects provide for affordable housing and comply with prevailing wage, local hiring and other labor standards; 2) requiring the City to assess the impacts of community plan changes on affordable housing and local jobs; 3) creating an affordable housing incentive program for developments near major transit stops; and 4) making other changes; be adopted?
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