Affordable housing sustains families and neighborhoods, local experts say
Amy Schaftlein, director of United Housing Inc., speaks during the ribbon cutting for Wolf River Bluffs, an affordable housing subdivision in Frayser. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
“If you love economic development — if you’re into job creation, if you’re into health and wellness — then you have to be into housing,” said Amy Schaftlein, of the nonprofit affordable housing agency United Housing Inc.
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