Affordable Housing and Housing Affordability

I am really really scared about how Heritage Park is going to go down. In another thread I posted the preliminary plans:

Rebuilding the complex and increasing the number of affordable units is great, but they could probably build even more if they partner with a for profit developer and include a bunch of market rate and workforce housing…

Ditch the surface parking for structures, Ditch the 3-5 story buildings for towers, and move the single-story child care center into a retail space on the bottom (or second!) floor of one of the towers. Partner with a private for-profit developer to make it work. For 4 full downtown city blocks, a total of 2000 units would be fitting. Anything less than 1000 is just dumb.

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