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Old Posted May 25, 2007, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by LosAngelesBeauty View Post
But I also agree that affordable housing should be built in the city center, but I don't understand how will expensive land acquisition costs allow greedy developers to gain enough profit margin to vehemently pursue affordable housing (esp. with all the headache from red tape).
Agreed, that will never happen. The affordable/low income housing will have to come primarily from converted older SLO hotels and other existing properties. Also, many new developments are required to provide 20% of affordable housing units, like the Grand Avenue project.