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City Y's government plans to subsidize the construction of high-density, high-rise affordable housing downtown in order to improve the city government's finances. The city planners reason that denser housing will allow more tax-paying residents to live in City Y without requiring as much spending on new infrastructure such as roads.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest grounds for doubting that the plan will achieve its purpose?

A. A significant amount of high-rise housing has been developed throughout City Y even without any subsidies.
B. City Y's government currently spends more on new infrastructure such as roads than it does on construction of housing.
C. The current vacancy rate in affordable downtown housing in City Y is significantly higher than in cities with a similar economic profile and of comparable size.
D. Even residents in high-density, high-rise downtown housing use the existing infrastructure such as roads.
E. The city could incorporate
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Statistics : Posted by alewkinr • on 31 Jan 2024, 16:42 • Replies 2 • Views 265

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