

City Council to hear first public comment on real estate transfer tax
Mayor Johnson hopes to add $100 million annually to programs providing services to the city’s unhoused people.
The City Council will hear public comment in the mayor’s compromise plan that details a three-tiered progressive tax structure.
Reset learns why realtors oppose this tax and whether it could actually achieve its goal of increasing revenue to dedicate to homelessness services and prevention.
GUEST: Tessa Weinberg, WBEZ city government and politics reporter
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City Council to hear first public comment on real estate transfer tax
Mayor Johnson hopes to add $100 million annually to programs providing services to the city’s unhoused people.
The City Council will hear public comment in the mayor’s compromise plan that details a three-tiered progressive tax structure.
Reset learns why realtors oppose this tax and whether it could actually achieve its goal of increasing revenue to dedicate to homelessness services and prevention.
GUEST: Tessa Weinberg, WBEZ city government and politics reporter