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# Letter: Who Affordable Housing in Santa Monica Is Really Serving
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/102205-story-20051022-8/
- Published: 2005-10-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:01:34.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pacific Palisades, #archive-import

✆ “First and foremost, who is the affordable housing going towards? Is the affordable housing in fact for life-long residents or residents of Santa Monica, or is this affordable housing going to whoever ends up in Palisades Park looking for a free handout? I would say the unbelievable fees are passed on without diligently seeing who the housing is going towards. The first step I would like to see is our residents are taken care of with affordable housing.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 22, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102205.pdf?ref=smdp.com)