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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Mixed-Income Housing – New York

Living in the mix: Affordable housing in New York’s luxury buildings, By Julie Satow, August 29, 2014, New York Times: “Brandon Deese lives just a few blocks from where he grew up, but it might as well be another world. Mr. Deese, 23, spent his childhood at the Chelsea-Elliott Houses, a public-housing project in the West 20’s. But last year, thanks to a housing lottery, he beat out thousands of others for an affordable apartment at the Chelsea Park, a luxury rental at 260 West 26th Street…”