Republican Jon Costas, who had four consecutive terms as Valparaiso mayor following his time on Valparaiso City Council, and Democrat Hannah Trueblood, making history as the first woman on the ballot to run for mayor of Valparaiso, fielded audience generated debate topics Monday for the November election mayoral race.
An audience of nearly 300 at Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso attended the candidate forum event sponsored by the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce, the League of Women Voters of Porter County and hosted by Lakeshore Public Media, with news personality Tom Maloney as moderator reading questions written by the audience and collected during the hourlong exchange.
” Trueblood said the average home cost in Valparaiso is $350,000 while the annual average incomes of residents is closer to $56,000, emphasizing “these numbers don’t add up.” Valparaiso mayoral candidate Democrat Hannah Trueblood speaks during a debate on Monday, October 9, 2023 at Memorial Opera House. “We need to incentivize our developers to build more affordable housing,” Trueblood said. “We don’t need any more luxury homes, we need affordable homes. I’m talking about Section 8 Housing.
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