Houston's Suburban Housing Program?
12 September 2000 - 7:30am
Suburbs get subsidies intended for inner-city residents in Houston's revitalization program. What went wrong?
In a surprising twist, $28 million in community grants designed to aid Houston's lower-income residents in making downpayment and closing costs, ended up being spent in the suburbab neighborhoods. City officials say this pattern simply reflects the realities of the local housing market. What went wrong?
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Home subsidies go mostly to suburbs
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The Houston Chronicle, September 12, 2000
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.
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