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This paper is a two-part exercise that highlights the recent history of affordable housing in Los Angeles - it is not a pleasant one - and then proceeds to lay out policy alternatives (as well as programs and initiatives) that need to be kept in place if the situation is to be ameliorated. The paper concludes that the alternatives listed are appropriate ones that deserve high priority in the future.

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"Part I: Housing issues in Los Angeles and the background of affordable housing in Los Angeles. LA's problems vis-a-vis achieving affordable housing for minorities and low-income earners can be traced back, at least in part, to the significant reduction in federal housing assistance programs in the 1980s. To wit, at least one well-regarded study conducted well over a decade ago mentions the 1982 draft report authored by the Presidential Commission on Housing Task Force; amongst other things, this report insisted the..."

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