Affordble Housing Burden Still Falls On Poorest Cities

Richest quarter of the state's cities are the site of only about one-twentieth of all affordable units.

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November 23, 2004, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

In 1989, the Connecticut legislature passed an affordable housing appeals law intended to pry open the gates that affluent towns often erect against housing for working-class and poor people. But 15 years later, an analysis based on state housing and federal census data suggests the law has failed to forge significant progress:

Thanks to Eugene J. Patron

FULL STORY: Affordable' Still Not Equal

Sunday, November 21, 2004 in The Hartford Courant

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