Amazon crushed affordable housing. Now it s trying to offset the problem it helped create

Get the Full StoryAmazon is financing 1,300 units of affordable housing next to its new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Is it enough to offset the dreaded Amazon Effect?

The November 2018 announcement that Amazon would be siting HQ2, its second headquarters, in Arlington, Virginia, triggered some not-unexpected anxiety about the company s impact on the local housing market. The projected influx of around 25,000 employees and their salaries from one of the world s biggest companies is pushing prices and demand to new heights.Read Full Story

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