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The time for affordable housing is now

Low inventory is contributing to higher housing prices in San Luis Obispo County. This file photo shows the Housing Authority’s 20-unit housing development on Humbert Avenue in San Luis Obispo in 2018. Ten of those units were dedicated for homeless vets with the rest for affordable housing.
Low inventory is contributing to higher housing prices in San Luis Obispo County. This file photo shows the Housing Authority’s 20-unit housing development on Humbert Avenue in San Luis Obispo in 2018. Ten of those units were dedicated for homeless vets with the rest for affordable housing. jjohnston@thetribunenews.com

On the topic of affordable housing:

If not you … who?

If not now … when?

Shelly Higginbotham, Pismo Beach

This story was originally published February 3, 2018 at 7:39 PM with the headline "The time for affordable housing is now."

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