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14 <br /> Reasons Want to Serve Board #1 <br /> Like many members of our community, I've witnessed the damaging effects of the rapid increase and <br /> acceleration in housing costs. Friends and family have been displaced from their communities. Housing <br /> continues to be treated as an investment, a store of value, and a marketable asset rather than a place <br /> where people live, commute to work, raise their family, and participate in their community. Additionally, <br /> rising property taxes have contributed to the displacement of many members of our community, which is <br /> one of the reasons I joined the Board of Equalization and Review three years ago. I believe that there are <br /> strategies that can address many types of displacement, as well as ones that disincentivize predatory <br /> investors by strengthening community relationships. I also believe that the community must work together <br /> and pressure local government to invest in affordable housing. <br /> Diversity of Viewpoints Board #1 <br /> While I have been involved in real estate investment, my endeavors have not been predatory like many of <br /> the transactions I see in the market. I have purchased homes for fair market value, restored them to a <br /> habitable condition, added them to the local rental stock, and then sold them, typically to first time home- <br /> buyers a few years later. However, I have seen the many ways that other investors, both local and <br /> institutional, profit from people who cannot afford to realize the value in their own home. I believe that my <br /> knowledge of the UDO and my experience investing in local real estate, help me consider the viewpoints <br /> of members of the community who benefit from a rise in housing costs, and who also wield <br /> disproportionate political influence. And, I believe that my personal political orientation informs my desire <br /> to create affordable housing solutions in our community. <br /> Conflict of Interest Board #1 <br /> I am not seeking local funding to develop affordable housing in this area; nor have I encountered any <br /> other conflicts of interest in my position on the Board of Equalization and Review. <br /> Relevant Experience Board #2 <br /> Reasons Want to Serve Board #2 <br /> Diversity of Viewpoints Board #2 <br /> Conflict of Interest Board #2 <br /> Reasons Want to Serve Board#3 <br /> Relevant Experience Board #3 <br /> Mr. Hunter Beattie <br />