A 2013 provision to federal law was intended to ensure that domestic violence victims living in subsidized housing could move quickly to safer homes. But they often wait in fear.

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NJPAC in Newark is building apartments, retail space and a huge community center. It sees the project as key to its mission — and its future.

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Instead of treating real estate as a commodity, we can underwrite the construction of millions of permanently affordable homes and apartments.

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Instead of treating real estate as a commodity, we can underwrite the construction of millions of permanently affordable homes and apartments.

Kamala Harris’s proposals won’t fix the housing affordability crisis. The solution can be found in the way the U.S. raised the legal drinking age.