Comments on: Leaders Unite to Preserve the Chicago Region’s Affordable Rental Housing http://www.cnt.org/news/2007/05/31/leaders-unite-to-preserve-the-chicago-region%e2%80%99s-affordable-rental-housing/ Sustainable Communities. Attainable Results. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:33:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mary Soderstrom http://www.cnt.org/news/2007/05/31/leaders-unite-to-preserve-the-chicago-region%e2%80%99s-affordable-rental-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-10921 Mary Soderstrom Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:47:24 +0000 http://weblog.cnt.org/2007/05/31/leaders-unite-to-preserve-the-chicago-region%e2%80%99s-affordable-rental-housing/#comment-10921 Very interesting stuff about affordable housing. The trick is going to be keep housing price down and make our cities denser and more sustainable. Montreal--much smaller than Chicago, but with a dense, healthy inner city--has seen much brownfield development, but much good agricutural land is still being converted to housing, partly because it is "cheaper." See more about currents hearings on the subject at my blog Recreating Eden: http://marysoderstrom.blogspot.com Mary Soderstrom And thanks again for collaborating with me for the readings about my new book Green City: People, Nature and Urban Places (Véhicule Press) Very interesting stuff about affordable housing. The trick is going to be keep housing price down and make our cities denser and more sustainable. Montreal–much smaller than Chicago, but with a dense, healthy inner city–has seen much brownfield development, but much good agricutural land is still being converted to housing, partly because it is “cheaper.”

See more about currents hearings on the subject at my blog Recreating Eden: http://marysoderstrom.blogspot.com

Mary Soderstrom

And thanks again for collaborating with me for the readings about my new book Green City: People, Nature and Urban Places (Véhicule Press)

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