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Monday, September 21, 2009

The price is right



When San Diego got the go-ahead two years ago to withdraw from the federal government's long-standing public housing program, it came with the proviso that the city create a relatively modest 350 new housing units for low-income households.

The feds would be happy to learn that the city's housing agency intends to nearly triple that, thanks to a battered economy that has greatly depressed housing values.

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