Many people long engaged in increasing affordable rentals and housing here have supported non-profit acquisition of Harbor View.  I am rooting for the Opportunity Council to prevail.

Given that affordable housing is now a full-blown crisis in the County, perhaps especially on San Juan, the community cannot afford to lose this 20-unit complex to the over-heated open market. Especially not now.  

This article over-simplifies the bad news of the County Affordable Housing Report.  Our situation is a direct result of two decades of inertia and failure to understand that so-called "free-market" capitalism will never provide lasting solutions for this metastasizing problem that is adversely affecting our island quality of life.

A tax revenue stream to build hundreds of "forever affordable" homes and rental units and some relaxation of County policies is the only viable solution and needed yesterday!