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July 12, 2006

It's Tough All Around

The Real Estate Observer

Matthew Schuerman reports from Forest City Ratner's Affordable Housing info session:

Tuesday's night informational meeting brought some fresh faces to the Atlantic Yards debate: instead of the overwhelmingly white neighbors who have objected on any number of grounds to the 22-acre housing complex and basketball arena, a striking number of individuals in the largely black crowd who showed up at the Brooklyn Marriott were disappointed to find that "affordable housing" was not that affordable, or accessible.

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Posted by lumi at July 12, 2006 10:38 PM