A 'Safety Valve' For The Affordable Housing Crisis

In search of relief from San Diego's affordable housing crisi, U.S. residents are looking at housing options in northern Mexico.

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June 30, 2003, 9:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"The San Diego region's affordable-housing crisis is becoming an international affair, as increasing numbers of U.S. residents look to northern Baja California for low-cost shelter... Despite lengthy border-crossing delays since the Sept. 11 attacks, Baja California offers viable housing to expatriates who can adjust to life in another culture...the number of legal U.S. residents now living in Tijuana alone at between 50,000 and 60,000. "

Thanks to Nathan Banks

Sunday, June 29, 2003 in The San Diego Union-Tribune

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