Statement: “None of the other cities have a local source” of funding for affordable housing, Susan Tinsky, executive director of the San Diego Housing Federation, said in the Jan. 21 edition of the KPBS program San Diego Week.
Analysis: Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies has injected a wave of worry into city officials across the state and affordable housing advocates like Tinsky. After the federal government, redevelopment money is the state’s biggest source of funding for affordable housing projects.
Fact Check: A Trust Fund for Housing
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