From the March 4 edition of the Palo Alto Weekly, pages 34 & 38.
The article includes an interview with Thomas Kingery on the topic of affordable housing.
Hundreds of federally subsidized apartments for seniors exist in Palo Alto, but clearing the waitlists can take months or years, and many waitlists are closed altogether, according to Kingery and others who work in the field. There’s an urgent demand and an acute shortage of supply, Kingery said.
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