The Atlantic, May 19, 2016: The Artist Loft: Affordable Housing (for White People)
“Affordable housing sometimes has a bad reputation: The name often conjures crumbling public towers or far-away pre-fab units built by private developers. But there’s another kind of affordable housing, built with tax credits and city loans, typified in a place like the A-Mill lofts. Set on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, the A-Mill lofts include a penthouse resident lounge, a fitness center, a yoga studio, free wi-fi, dishwashers, and studios for painting, pottery, dance, and music. The A-Mill lofts sound like that the type of opportunity that most poor families would dream of. But a new report suggests that the lofts are not accessible to most poor families.”