Speaking of affordable housing, the National Low Income Housing Coalition finds that South Dakota has the third most affordable rent in the country. Defining “affordable” as…
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A tax increment finance (TIF) district is supposed to be a neighborhood that the city council declares economically depressed and in need of subsidized property…
Every candidate running for Governor and for South Dakota’s lone House seat should be ready to answer this question: How will you protect South Dakota from Donald…
I have previously lamented the Legislature’s failure to include ballot measure organizers on the Initiative and Referendum Task Force that they created with House Bill 1141. Of fifteen members, only…
Get out the wrecking ball! While an interim committee gets ready to discuss how to expand workforce housing, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development plans to…
Bob Mercer’s report on the Legislative Executive Board’s meeting Monday contains a number of interesting nuggets. First, the Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force will be…
Speaker of the House G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) is a funny guy. The Legislature’s 2017 Interim Study Survey included a comment section where Speaker Mickelson submitted this…
Meanwhile, in my northwestern district, film aficionado Thomas Black wins my vote for Aberdeen City Council solely on creative movie logo repurposing: Details are thin on his…
The Augustana Research Institute (picture two Lutherans with a graphing calculator) has issued a weighty report on affordable housing in Sioux Falls. The report brims with concept maps showing the messy web of…
South Dakota Codified Law Chapter 11-11 authorizes the South Dakota Housing Development Authority to make up for the failure of the free market to provide sufficient affordable housing and…