Ed Norton on greening affordable housing 2

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   perk Posted 3:01 am
   22 Jul 2008

   Am I missing something here?What I see is another developer ( not a very good one at that http://affordablehousingworks.org/properties.htm ) claiming to produce "green, affordable housing", with no evidence of anything green or affordable about it.
    

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   jnelblack Posted 4:13 am
   29 Jul 2008

   I think this video might have another intention......to promote affordable housing as a positive addition to neighborhoods. I didn't hear much about actual green construction either, but I did hear a lot about how wonderful affordable projects are: sounds like Ed is attempting to improve the image of affordable housing with video and website by showing clean homes and happy families. Affordable housing projects can be subjected to bitter public opposition during the approval process due to neighborhood NIMBYism, sometimes even when the projects are actually "workforce" housing, intended for purchase or rent by working families supported by public service or other low-paying positions (such as teachers, police officers, etc.).

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