Haines Borough Assembly members expressed support to approve Roger Schnabel’s Highland Estate’s request for a 10-year property tax exemption for its Hilltop subdivision project in its first public hearing.
The assembly earlier this year voted to allow temporary tax exemptions for improvements made for economic development purposes to address Haines’ apparent housing shortage. The policy was recommended by the borough’s Housing Working Group that was established to find solutions to the shortage.
The exemption for…
