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James Perry on Housing and Blight
James Perry strongly supports creating more affordable housing for low and moderate income residents
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
James Perry strongly supports harsher penalties against property owners for housing code violations
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
James Perry strongly supports increasing the use of local taxpayer dollars to secure, acquire, and re-sell blighted, abandoned property
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
James Perry strongly supports requiring all neighborhoods specify a percentage of new construction be reserved for households with low to moderate incomes
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
James Perry strongly supports the City/NORA taking blighted properties, to turn over to private entities for economic development
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
James Perry strongly supports offering local income tax incentives to employers that participate in an employer-assisted housing program
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
James Perry strongly supports changing housing discrimination laws so landlords cannot discriminate based on the source of income, including housing vouchers such as Section 8
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010