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Five Faces of the Affordable Housing Crisis: Voters To Consider Community Housing Fund, Which May Offer Solutions to Nagging Problems

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Voters in Southampton East Hampton and Southold approved the Community Housing Fund on Tuesday.

Voters in Southampton East Hampton and Southold approved the Community Housing Fund on Tuesday.

Kitty Merrill 
and Michael Wright on Nov 2, 2022
In the mid-1980s, a coalition of community members banded together to champion a new tool that would allow the five East End towns to raise money to protect open space.... more

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