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Eleanor Holmes Norton: There is no case to be made for affordable housing coming out of the status quo.

On the recordDecember 1, 2013
There is no case to be made for affordable housing coming out of the status quo.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton argues that current conditions won't lead to affordable housing.

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