Housing Medford supports a real estate transfer fee as a critical tool to raise the funds necessary to provide housing for our community. This fee represents an important step along the path to housing abundance, lower housing prices, and a stronger, healthier, more vibrant, and inclusive Medford.
Housing Medford strongly urges that any exemptions to the fee should be for the purpose of either protecting lower-income or otherwise vulnerable residents, or encouraging the production of new multifamily housing, as this type of housing is sorely needed in Medford.
We urge everyone in Medford to see beyond the misinformation surrounding this issue, envision a truly welcoming Medford, and remember that to solve our housing crisis, we must work together and use every tool at our disposal.