Mission District Affordable Housing Projects in Limbo

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A map of property in the Mission slated to be turned into affordable housing. Graphic by Daniel Hirsch/Mission Local. Map by Google Maps.

By Daniel Hirsch, Mission Local

As construction workers swiftly make real the towering edifices of Vida Condos at Mission and 22nd—and the units in the luxury development steadily sell for $1,000 a square foot—a plot of land granted to the city by Vida’s developer for affordable housing sits at Shotwell and Cesar Chavez with nary a crane in sight.

While Vida’s 114 units are on-schedule to be completed by 2015, the project to build 44 below-market units on Shotwell is stuck in limbo.

It’s not alone.

Read the complete story at Mission Local.

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