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Affordable Housing Crisis in Plain Sight | Yakima News
It’s a housing crisis in disguise: affordable units sit vacant while the poorest families can’t afford them, even when labeled “affordable.” The system favors those earning 50% of median income—often over $47K in cities like Austin—leaving folks making under $28K out in the cold. Rents creep toward market rates, vouchers are scarce (only 1 in 4 eligible families get one), and developers say true low-income housing is financially impossible without massive subsidies. Meanwhile, people pay more for market-rate apartments to skip the hoops of affordable housing applications, leaving thousands of…
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