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On the recordJune 24, 2009
People who tell me that affordable housing pikes the neighborhood, I need them to go and see an affordable housing project literally across the street from some of the most expensive housing in Massachusetts.
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Michael Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Capuano argues that affordable housing does not harm neighborhoods, citing examples in Boston.

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