When talking about new construction, one thing that people keep ignoring is the $600 million in the funding plan to be spent on new housing that will serve as the athlete's village for the Games and then become available for low income/affordable and senior housing after the Games.
That accounts for 20% of the public funding budget, so it shouldn't be ignored. It also falls under the category of infrastructure that either will be built over the next decade (as part of the "Rivers District" plan) or if it's not built, in 10 years, we'll be looking around wondering where the money's going to come from to fund it (like we've been doing with the Field House for the last 8 years).
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