He advocates another stimulant in the form of a big-bang affordable housing program, taking advantage of declining construction costs and interest rates.

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That is apparently the basis for assuming that the only reason we would support an affordable housing program -- along with such nonpartisan groups as Catholic and Lutheran Churches, Habitat for Humanity, and Enterprise Community Partners -- was so that we could personally profit from this politically.

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Ms. Quinn's plan to build 40, 000 new middle-income apartments would be the largest such housing construction program since the Mitchell-Lama program was created in 1955 to provide affordable rental and cooperative housing to moderate- and middle-income families.

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And funds to provide low-cost housing for low-income seniors were cut by about 15 percent, although a new program to provide counseling for the elderly seeking affordable housing was funded.

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