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@scott@carfree.city
2025-07-28 02:54:47

I'm not sure whether or not I agree with the conclusions, but sharing this as an interesting read on tradeoffs in #socialHousing, from a knowledgeable person and good writer

Deep v. shallow capital subsidy, or: What is the Montgomery County model's secret sauce?
In a previous post, I wrote about how it's worth separating the way we fund affordable housing into two buckets: Capital subsidy, which helps the government or a mission-oriented third party buy or build a building; and rental subsidy, which makes the homes in a building extra affordable. In a