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Bad week for affordable housing

March 13th, 2010 by tristan baurick

Efforts to create and preserve lower cost housing options on the island suffered two recent setbacks.

First, the City Council decided to de-fund the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which supports local affordable housing projects.

Then came news that the Housing Resources Board was delaying the start of the Ferncliff community land trust project by one year. Later phases will likely be delayed a three or more years.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 3:16 pm by tristan baurick and is filed under City Hall, Social Services. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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