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Short-term rentals are more beneficial to tourists than Nashvillians | Opinion
Single family rental real estate investment trusts and private equity firms have converted 10,000 homes from owner-occupied to renter occupied. Ken Chilton Guest Columnist Ken Chilton is an associate professor of public administration and policy at Tennessee State University. The cost of housing in Nashville and elsewhere has skyrocketed over the last five years. Housing economists and pundits claim it’s due to increased costs of materials and supply chain problems. All of that is true.
Why the movement toward permanent rentership in Nashville is troubling
Ken Chilton is an associate professor of public administration and policy at Tennessee State University. The Nashville region continues to attract global investment from multiple industries. Some people are blissfully unaware of the growth of extractive industries in Music City and their impacts on communities. But mining is a lucrative industry in Nashville. Mining? In Nashville? Yes, but it’s not minerals or oil — it’s equity.
No city has ever solved inequality and economic insecurity. Can Nashville? | Opinion
Ken Chilton, Guest columnist Published 6:00 p.m. CT April 25, 2019 For the past 11 months, photographer George Walker IV, and Opinion Engagement Editor David Plazas — with support and guidance from The Tennessean team — have told the story about the growing gap between prosperity and inequality in this booming city. Story Highlights Ken Chilton is a professor at Tennessee State University.
We must fix income inequality in Nashville. People should be able to live where they work. | Opinion
An April 6 public event at Tennessee State University's Avon Williams campus will tackle realities of and solutions to income inequality in Nashville. Ken Chilton and Avi Poster Guest Columnist Ken Chilton is an associate professor at Tennessee State University. Avi Poster is a founding member of A VOICE for a Reduction of Poverty.
The elite network making up SCALA is the problem, not the solution, for JCPS
The Steering Committee for Action on Louisville's Agenda (SCALA) does not reflect the diversity of Louisville or the public schools. SCALA’s demographics are more akin to the Louisville Country Club than JCPS. Seven percent of the members are non-white and 18 percent of the members are female. We don’t know their addresses, but one can assume that few if any of the members live outside of the East End. The utter disregard for regular folks is the problem.
Raise Williamson property tax, not sales tax, urges parent Ken Chilton
Nobody likes paying property taxes. I get it. But the sales tax referendum is not the solution to the school funding crisis. The property tax rate in Williamson County is low compared with school districts in the region and affluent school districts across the country. WCS is a model of efficiency and effectiveness, yet teachers and students are not rewarded for their outcomes. Schools are not rewarded with adequate physical space or new programs.
Affordable housing hard to solve in Nashville
Re: "Costs of Growth and Change in Nashville" series. The problem of housing affordability is acute in Nashville as The Tennessean’s special series has aptly demonstrated. This is not a new problem. Low-income households have always struggled to find decent, affordable housing. However, as more and more young, college-educated renters and more affluent empty-nesters struggle to afford housing in a neighborhood with urban amenities, the issue dominates public policy discussions.
Affordable housing not enough to address challenges
Re: "Develop comprehensive housing policy for all of Nashville," by Jim Fraser, March 21. This recent op-ed about housing policy places responsibility for the negative impact of Nashville’s growth on the Chamber of Commerce and other planning authorities. It calls for comprehensive housing policies to guide development and action focused on affordable housing.
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