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LHFA – Letter: Affordable housing for work force
Prior to the summer of 2005, Louisiana suffered from a documented shortfall of affordable housing for her work force.
The subsequent hurricanes of the past four years have exacerbated this shortage exponentially.
The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency’s mission and our work to resolve this problem have been made more difficult by many obstacles, not the least of which is the opposition of some property owners and community members who would seem to prefer the status quo.
This opposition may be fueled by concerns about competition, profits, NIMBY-ism, or even the perceived worthiness of the recipients of affordable housing.
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