http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/some-facts-about-affordable-housing/Content?oid=3428756 Comments On: Some facts about affordable housing by Jane Porter en-us Copyright 2013 Indy Week. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Indy Week readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Indy Week. pweber@indyweek.com (Indy Week Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by MichaelB]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:00:46 -0400 Indy Week You're saying builders are going to keep building expensive housing nobody can afford? Housing is not "affordable" if no one can can afford it.
Posted by Jane Porter]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:15:35 -0400 Indy Week
A few points.

First, living alone is not a constitutional right.
Posted by Durham Independents]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:27:48 -0400 Indy Week Posted by Jane Porter]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:59:00 -0400 Indy Week
The sources are pretty simple:

The NLIHC report has local FMR at $849. There are plenty of decent 2BR apartments in the triangle for less than $600.
Posted by Durham Independents]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:29:31 -0400 Indy Week Realtor.com for "Durham, NC" and limited to minimum of 3 bedrooms and a maximum price of $50k. Almost all of the results were in areas of Southside or Northeast-Central Durham that are still experiencing problems with high crime.
Posted by MichaelB]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:45:37 -0400 Indy Week Posted by caab]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:41:50 -0400 Indy Week Posted by Jane Porter]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:47:00 -0400 Indy Week
1) 'fair market rent' means MID market (locally, that's $900 per month for a 2BR).
Posted by Durham Independents]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:31:51 -0400 Indy Week