Category: Election Watch

The city needs to take back abandoned properties and sell them at less than market-rate, with deed restrictions.

Graduation rates and high scores should correlate with instilling confidence, character, determination and goals that shape our students.

We should look for developers to partner with to convert existing vacant properties into housing.

New Bedford Public Schools now has a memorandum of understanding with the police department that details mutual expectations for the ‘Educational Facilities Liaison’ role.

We do not have the authority to arbitrarily reduce anyone’s property values. The only way to reduce someone’s property values is through the abatement process.

I would support a robust program of grants and low-interest loans for owner-occupied multifamily properties that would encourage owners to modernize their property and require they maintain lower rental rates.

It is going to be crucial, in the coming months, to guide our city out of this pandemic. Developing strategies and networking with all resources to recover and move forward is the key to success.

We can allow developers to rehab and rebuild several distressed properties in New Bedford and transform them into low-cost, high-quality housing.