Developers who successfully argue that a council's affordable housing requirements make a project "commercially unviable" will see the requirements removed.

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The project Faith in Affordable Housing will be the focus of the conference in Cardiff which is being jointly hosted by charity Housing Justice.

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Subsidized by HUD and other sources, programs such as the Generations Project in Hartford have made available to grandfamilies 24 rental units of affordable housing, said Jason Natelle, communications specialist for Community Renewal Team Inc.

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