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Affordable-housing advocates are asking pointed questions about how well the program has succeeded since it was put in place in 2004, such as: How many of the affordable units created under the program would have happened anyway?

A Veto-Proof Majority « PubliCola 2010

Affordable-housing developers who work with city to build projects receive subsidies and tax credits, but also rely on private lenders to provide additional financing.

Housing Progress Calculated by City Joseph De Avila 2011

Affordable-housing advocates raised concerns Thursday that the Obama administration is excluding consumer and community groups from playing prominent roles in a government-sponsored conference next week that will kick off efforts to overhaul national housing policy.

Obama's housing reform panel angers affordable-housing advocates 2010

Affordable-housing officials say that the state tax program has successfully boosted private-sector development of low-income housing and worry that the credits will become worth less if investors lose confidence in their ability to claim them as expected.

Budget Plan to Stall Low-Income Housing, Critics Say 2010

Affordable-housing advocates fear that the families are at risk of entering the shelter system or face eviction.

Complaints Over Housing Discrimination Jump 2010

Affordable-housing advocates raised concerns Thursday that the Obama administration is excluding consumer and community groups from playing prominent roles in a government-sponsored conference next week that will kick off efforts to overhaul national housing policy.

Obama's housing reform panel angers affordable-housing advocates 2010

Affordable-housing projects were placed on the back burner as stadium projects fell behind schedule.

In preparation for World Cup, the poor in Cape Town are being relocated 2010

Affordable-housing advocates and developers said they are working with Congress to restore the funds.

Silverstein's Other Project 2009

: Affordable-housing advocates are furious over a possible Senate deal that could threaten a stream of funds they had counted on to expand the stock of cheap housing for the poor.

Microsoft vs. Yahoo, 2008

Affordable-housing advocates, meanwhile, have fallen in love.

Developers Scramble as Spitzer Caps Financing 2007