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Article: Maple Grove looks ahead on housing; Despite the city's reputation, candidates for local office see progress on creating affordable units.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2002
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Byline: Mike Kaszuba; Staff Writer
CORRECTION PUBLISHED 10/05/02: This article on affordable housing in Maple Grove incorrectly reported the percentage of affordable rental units in the city. As of last year, 1 percent of the city's total housing stock is made up of affordable rental units.
Five years have passed since Maple Grove voted down a controversial, lower-income apartment building and was featured on network television as an example of the economic disparity between cities and suburbs.
While many of the faces have changed, the issue of affordable housing still hangs over the Twin Cities area's ninth-largest suburb. On Thursday, eight ...