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Menino Orders Additional Affordable Housing

Developers of luxury buildings will reserve percentage for cheap housing

Menino's initiative, Shanahan said, will have the greatest effect on the growing lack of moderate-income housing in Boston. Federal government intervention is needed to truly affect lower-income housing.

"Housing for the lowest end of the economic ladder requires what we call deep government subsidy--federal money," Shanahan said.

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