The Challenges to Building Affordable Housing in Small Cities

Law360 spoke with Amy M. McClain, Chair of Ballard Spahr's Real Estate Department, and Alex Sellke, counsel in the firm's Affordable Housing and Community Development Group, for their Real Estate Authority newsletter.

"A lot of for-profit developers are also socially minded," Amy said. "They know that they're in this business. It's a hard business. There's a lot of risk, there's a lot of upfront expense, and the returns are not always guaranteed, but the social outcome is beneficial."

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