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One possible housing crisis solution? Public housing for all income levels
Maryland's Montgomery County is building mixed-income apartments in which people who can afford to pay market rate allow other renters to pay less. Cities and states nationwide are taking up the idea.
Chelsea Andrews (white hat), president and executive director of Montgomery County'sHousing Opportunities Commission, adjusts Maryland State Delegate Lorig Charkoudian's hardhat during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hillandale Gateway housing development in Silver Spring, Md. That means it can develop and finance its own projects “instead of waiting for Congress to give us a whole bunch more money,” says Zachary Marks, the senior vice president for real estate with the county’s Housing Opportunities Commission. toggle caption Alyssa Schukar/for NPR “There's been a lot of uptake and interest for this model from jurisdictions of all shapes and sizes around the country,” says Paul Williams, who heads the Center for Public Enterprise.
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