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New Report Confronts Housing Policy Myths

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Danilo Pelletiere
20 January 2005 - 2:00pm

Twelve national groups sponsor a congressional briefing to rebut three myths undermining a balanced national housing policy in Washington.

"The myths are: 1) subsidized housing is unnecessary and, left on its own, the market will provide safe, decent and affordable housing for everyone; 2) today, federal government housing subsidies go disproportionately and "unwisely"; to "undeserving" low-income renters in urban areas; and 3) homeownership is the best housing option for everyone, all the time, everywhere."

Full Story: Confronting Housing Myths
Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition, January 14, 2005
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