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Troubling Indicators in West Bronx
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Today's Report
Troubling Indicators in West Bronx
The West Bronx is home to the highest concentration of affordable housing, but is also bedeviled by a number of troubling statistics, according to this new report by the University Neighborhood Housing Program. There is a "convergence of negative indicators" showing signs of housing, social and economic distress in the area. (read the full report)
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