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    Documents reveal Ellicott Station built on foundation of misunderstood housing terms

    By Howard Owens,

    1 day ago

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    May 3, 2022, the groundbreaking for Ellicott Station.
    Photo by Howard Owens.

    What is mixed-income housing? Workforce housing? Low-income housing? Affordable housing? Market-rate housing?

    These terms appear frequently in thousands of documents obtained from government agencies by The Batavian for an investigation into how the 55-unit apartment building under construction at Ellicott Station transformed from “luxury” units to apartments eligible for Section 8 rental vouchers.

    How did this once promising project go from a complex where all tenants hold down jobs to one where potentially as few as 36 percent of the potential tenants are gainfully employed, and finally, one where the project's actual completion is in doubt?

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