Alexandria residents work to save their affordable housing

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Hours before the old span of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge was demolished, residents of neighboring Hunting Towers and Hunting Terrace appealed to Governor Tim Kaine and other state and federal legislators to force their landlord, the Virginia Department of Transportation, to sell the property to anyone committed to saving the property as affordable housing.

“These low- to moderate-income tenants suffered the most under the bridge project and need their elected representatives to step up and secure their homes,” said Michelle L’Heureux, a terrace resident.

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