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Unlv Magazine, Carol C. Harter, Holly Ivy De Vore, Andy Grossman, David G. Schwartz, Mayumi Itoh, Tascha Boychuk-Spears, Hal K. Rothman, John F. Gallagher, Lori Bachand, Gian Galassi, Doug Mcinnis, Erin Auerbach, Gillian Silver, Laurie Fruth Jul 2004

Unlv Magazine, Carol C. Harter, Holly Ivy De Vore, Andy Grossman, David G. Schwartz, Mayumi Itoh, Tascha Boychuk-Spears, Hal K. Rothman, John F. Gallagher, Lori Bachand, Gian Galassi, Doug Mcinnis, Erin Auerbach, Gillian Silver, Laurie Fruth

UNLV Magazine

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Community Acceptance Of Affordable Housing, C. Theodore Koebel, Robert E. Lang, Karen A. Danielsen Jun 2004

Community Acceptance Of Affordable Housing, C. Theodore Koebel, Robert E. Lang, Karen A. Danielsen

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications

Despite historically low interest rates, organizations across the nation have become increasingly concerned about the impacts of regulatory constraints and anti-growth sentiments on the availability and cost of housing. This concern is by no means limited to a few “high cost” areas like Boston and San Francisco. It can also be found in Iowa City, where new single-family houses were recently selling from $150,000 to $375,000 (prices readily considered affordable in many larger metropolitan areas) and even in rural areas where spill-over growth and “drive to qualify” solve the commuter’s affordability problem while creating unforeseen affordability problems for the rural …