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Why the University City Townhomes are really vanishing — and why it could happen again

A failed compromise plan offers a look at a looming problem that experts say will exacerbate the city’s affordable housing crisis and displace Black and brown residents.

Signs outside of the University City Townhomes, where an encampment and protests began because of the planned sale and redevelopment of the property, on July 21.
Signs outside of the University City Townhomes, where an encampment and protests began because of the planned sale and redevelopment of the property, on July 21.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer