To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, April 26, 2024

Observercast

What Do We Really Mean By Affordable Housing?

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It’s being said by conservatives and liberals: America faces a crisis of affordable housing. And the way out of it is to build more houses. Wouldn’t it make more sense to first understand the extent of the problem? Real estate interests have sucked in advocates for the poor in their YIMBY [Yes in My Backyard] […]

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Froma Harrop
Froma Harrop
Harrop is an American writer and author. She is best known for her bi-weekly syndicated column which appears in about 200 news outlets including the Seattle Times, Newsday, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Arizona Republic, Detroit News, and Real Clear Politics and The Providence Journal. She is represented by Creators Syndicate Inc. in Los Angeles. Media Matters ranks her column 20th nationally in total readership and 14th in large newspaper concentration.
Mark Krawczyk
Mark Krawczyk
March 9, 2023
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Brette Pruitt
Brette Pruitt
September 5, 2022
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