Efforts to Restrict Sprawl Find New Resistance

Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Arizona and Colorado tangle with new anti-growth measures that drive up prices for available land.

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December 27, 2000, 7:00 AM PST

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

"Nobody argues in favor of suburban congestion. But increasingly the debate over sprawl has turned to whether laws intended to fight it are playing a role in driving up housing prices, at a time when housing affordability in many parts of the country has dipped to its lowest level in almost a decade."

Thanks to Linda LaSut

FULL STORY: Efforts to Restrict Sprawl Find New Resistance

Tuesday, December 26, 2000 in The New York Times

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