Group Struggles For Affordable Rental Housing

Long Islanders begin to rethink historically exclusionary zoning as a growing number of residents and businesses suffer it's consequences.

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April 26, 2002, 6:00 AM PDT

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

"As the nation's first post-World War II suburb, Long Island enshrined the single-family homeowner and generally barred multiple dwellings. Today the Island has one of the nation's smallest supplies of rental housing. The few that exist carry exorbitant price tags, making the Island the nation's fifth most expensive metropolitan area for rentals."

Thanks to Amy C. Verel

FULL STORY: Housing Pinch on L.I. Causes New Group to Push for More Rentals

Thursday, April 25, 2002 in The New York Times

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