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Originally Posted by airomero83
Derby also committed 5% of its units to workforce housing
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True--I didn't recall seeing that before now. Perhaps that will help them overcome the Goldwater challenge. The main Goldwater claim is that the GPLET violates the "gift clause" in the AZ Constitution. To survive a gift clause challenge, they have to show that the benefit conferred by the City is not "grossly disproportionate" to the benefit received by the public. Between the lease payments, the separate payments to the school district, and the workforce housing, maybe they get close enough in public benefits to not be grossly disproportionate to the ~$8m tax break. It will be interesting to see.