Once again, affordable housing has made the priority list of the Sarasota County Commission for 2020.  It is interesting to see it on there for another year. It is also interesting to see the lack of connection that is made from that policy to the other initiatives and policy setting the Commission acts on.

The same week that the Commission made affordable housing a priority, the commission decided to consider a mental health taxing district to increase taxes and was told about a stormwater utility rate study- have you ever seen a government rate study that didn’t call for an increase?

Not a breath was mentioned about the effects of these taxes and fees on affordable housing.