Creating Balanced Communities:
Lessons in Affordability from
Five Affluent Boston Suburbs
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Produced by:
Business and Professional People
for the Public Interest (BPI)
25 East Washington, Suite 1515
Chicago, IL 60602
u(312) 641-5570
February 2005
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