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+1.

There's actually a lot of affordable housing in Washington. It's just not where people want to be -- they want affordable housing that's surrounded by coffee shops and cool bars and has great schools. [/quote]

If there's so much affordable housing, how come such a large proportion of people are spending such a large proportion of their income on housing costs?[/quote]

There’s a difference between “affordable” housing and committed affordable housing. I think PP is pointing out that many people can afford to live close-in, but maybe not in the hot or fashionable neighborhoods, and choose instead to stretch and spend more of their take-home pay on “unaffordable” housing in their desired location, or they move further out to find areas that meet their other criteria, and give up on desired proximity. I think PP is specifically talking about DCUM posters who consider large swaths of the city and close-in suburbs unacceptable because of their proximity to lower income populations who live in committed affordable housing. 
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