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What does affordable housing really mean?

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Federal party leaders have been touting their plans to make sure Canadians can find affordable housing. But what exactly does that mean? The CBC's Emily Fitzpatrick looked into it.

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What does affordable housing really mean?

Federal party leaders have been touting their plans to make sure Canadians can find affordable housing. But what exactly does that mean? The CBC's Emily Fitzpatrick looked into it.

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My personal affordable housing crisis

It took a long time, and it was more money than I imagined spending, but I’m proud to say I’ve bought a house in my adopted hometown of Boone, N.C., where I serve on the Town Council. Along the way, I’ve learned a lot about the meaning of having my own home. And I have gained a new window into this region’s and our state’s affordable housing crisis. I was desperate to buy for a couple reasons: Running for office means that I have to commit to li…

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Finfer: Local policy tools can boost affordable housing

When I first began to work on housing issues in Dorchester in 1970, triple deckers cost $15,000 and rents were $125 a month. But with redlining, blockbusting, and white flight to the suburbs, we soon had many, many hundreds of abandoned buildings and the minimum wage was only $1.60 an hour. Now triple deckers sell for $1 million or more and rents are in the many thousands per month But there’s no abandoned buildings. Yes, we have a housing crisi…

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Boston Herald broke the news in Boston, United States on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
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