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Archive Home > 2008 > April > 20 > The complex path to affordable housing

The complex path to affordable housing

Despite drop in prices, owning a home remains a dream for most local middle-income families

By Lily Raff / The Bulletin
April 20, 2008

The last few months have revealed a Catch-22 for affordable housing: When real estate prices skyrocket, so does political pressure to provide more affordable housing, along with building fee revenue and investments used to secure affordable housing.

In times like now, when the economy cools,....

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