· Updated January 16, 2025 12:29 AM · 3 min read read
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Private housing is too expensive in American cities, public housing is ailing, and the way to fix the problem is to spend $70 billion over the next five years to improve government housing developments, several prominent Democrats said Monday.
Three members of Congress and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh made an appearance at a public housing development in South Boston now named for the mother of U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch, who said recent physical improvements there have raised the quality of
Private housing is too expensive in American cities, public housing is ailing, and the way to fix the problem is to spend $70 billion over the next five years to improve government housing developments, several prominent Democrats said Monday.
Three members of Congress and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh made an appearance at a public housing development in South Boston now named for the mother of U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch, who said recent physical improvements there have raised the quality of…
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