The “workforce housing” created by the City of Huntington Beach will bring decades-long financial problems and drive costs of rent even higher, according to Casey McKeon, a real estate developer and former finance commissioner of the city. Huntington Beach’s “workforce housing” is a type of government-subsidized housing initiative to artificially lower rent prices on the…
Huntington Beach Insider Uncovers City’s Workforce Housing Problems
November 24, 2021
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San Diego’s Per-Mile Driving Tax Explained | Jim Desmond
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EPOCHTV: Why Residents Chose Private Security Over San Francisco Police Department | Lou Barberini
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