A New Approach To Affordable Housing

A new approach to affordable housing ensures economic diversity in a neighborhood.

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July 5, 2005, 2:00 PM PDT

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

...the jurisdiction that pioneered a nationwide movement toward creating affordable housing for lower-income families, comes a new approach to address the effect of skyrocketing home prices on the middle class...

We support the promotion of affordable housing for residents of all incomes, and Montgomery's method seems a fair and rational way to do it -- not least because it provides a bit of economic diversity to neighborhoods that would otherwise be entirely populated with the well-to-do."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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