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Article: New Jersey Officials Put Emphasis on Increasing Affordable Housing.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- July 30, 2001
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By Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 30--Between working two jobs and caring for her three young children, Carolyn Stanley, 26, spends her time looking for housing.
The single mother has stayed at her parents' Mount Laurel home for two years while hunting for an affordable three-bedroom place in Mount Laurel, Cherry Hill, or elsewhere in Burlington or Camden County.
"For a three-bedroom house or apartment, the minimum is $1,100 plus utilities," Stanley said. "The rest are $1,300 and $1,400."
Stanley, who works 50 hours a week as a newspaper deliverer and hairstylist, is considering ...