I have to agree with Victoria Heller and Michael Atherton on the affordable housing shortage being nearly over, if not entirely over. My neighbor has had a terrible time finding a renter for a beautiful 2 bedroom loft, for $700/month. He also has a great 1 bedroom for $500/month. A year ago he was able to rent these units for substantially more, but with all of the new units coming on line in the city, vacancy rates and prices are affected. I think it's important learning for all of us that the affordable housing shortage has been addressed primarily by the private sector building luxury market-rate units, rather than heavily subsidized "affordable" housing. Clearly, it's a supply and demand issue - the more housing available, the lower the overall price - and market rate housing affects total supply just as below market rate housing, but without (generally) public subsidy.
Dedicated housing, such as senior, handicapped, aids, or otherwise is a completely different equation, though, and I believe (with no facts) that there probably is more need than availability based on the waiting lists that exist. David Piehl Central __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
