A New Era For Affordable Housing

Competition for tax credits and incentives are turning yesterday's gray, boxy apartment into eye-catching mixed-use facilities.

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March 9, 2003, 5:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"The savviest tax-credit applicants have realized that they need to do more than just build apartments. 'We now understand that we should not be building stand-alone housing projects, but instead should be creating neighborhoods,' says Judith Siegel, president of Baltimore-based Landex Corp., which has been developing affordable housing for two decades."

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