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Re:Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle... by tfehring on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @09:51PM (#18927909)
Link for reference: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/microsoft...

From that article:

- $225M of the $475M will be loans below market interest rates, directed at middle-income housing.

- The remaining $250M of the $475M will be loans at market interest rates, directed at low-income housing.

Other than optics, I'm not sure what the point of the $250M in market-rate loans is. I'd think that the main constraint on the development of low-income housing is that it's unprofitable, not that it's difficult to secure financing.

Re:Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle... by wbl on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @09:54PM (#18927924)
Financing is a pain to put together.