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Re:Prefab housing complex for UC Berkeley students goes up i... by TaylorAlexander on Saturday August 11, 2018 @01:19PM (#17740579)
It’s interesting that the contractor had to pay a $500k fee to Berkeley for an affordable housing trust. While I applaud the spirit of such a thing, it seems like the last thing you want to do in a housing crisis is make building more expensive. Perhaps if the contractor didn’t have to pay such a high fee just to build the place, they could offer better prices to the tenants.

Can anyone comment on the work done by that housing trust?

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Re:Prefab housing complex for UC Berkeley students goes up i... by supermdguy on Saturday August 11, 2018 @05:56PM (#17741778)
The article says it was given "in lieu of providing affordable units on site". So, sounds like it was a penalty of sorts?
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