Article August 20, 2001 Issue

WANTED: AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Elizabeth Anne Brown

"You want WHAT?" asked the voice on the other end of the telephone, incredulously.

"A rent-controlled apartment," I answered calmly.

I had become accustomed to real estate agents deriding my search for an affordable place in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This was an expensive town. But I knew these rent-controlled apartments existed, and I felt it was the only way I could afford to live near my new job. And time was running out. My temporary housing was about to expire.

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