Failed Projects Turned Into Affordable Housing

Failed Projects Turned Into Affordable Housing
Expensive cities like New York and Seattle are trying to find ways to change failed luxury projects into affordable housing for families with moderate incomes.

Seattle has a measure on the ballot in the next election that would create a fund to buy market-rate real estate developments. New York is studying a plan to subsidize unsold or half-built apartments to make them affordable for families earning between $55,000 and $158,000,

Cities need affordable housing for teachers, police, and firefighters, says Alan Berube, research director of the Brookings Institution's metropolitan policy program.

Source: USA Today, Martha T. Moore (07/01/2009)