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"So called “affordable housing” is usually a ploy to use city subsidies to flip a dilapidated property into a massive financial profit for developers. The city will award a decades long lease to a developer on the stipulation that they dedicate some portion to “affordable housing.” However, those stipulations expire long before the lease does. This allows a developer to gentrify an area while satisfying political “advocates” of the low income residents. Not only is affordable housing a lie, but it’s a tool used by developers to offset the risk of breaking ground in a poor neighborhood."

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