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Friday, July 31, 2009

Homes not priced to sell to low-income

City Hall often touts how it’s transforming blighted neighborhoods by using taxpayer money to subsidize new developments that include “affordable” homes for families.

But the families who need those homes the most can’t live in them because they’re priced too high, a report to be released today concludes.

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