When San Diego housing officials learned last year that the city was free to withdraw from the federal government's decades-old public housing program, they immediately faced the financial reality of managing hundreds of rental units on their own.
Those new financial challenges came to the fore yesterday as affordable-housing advocates warned the San Diego City Council that the Housing Commission's proposed business strategy could mean fewer dollars being spent on the city's neediest households.
While the council approved the plan, it also instructed the commission to be mindful of its obligation to serve those households least able to afford market-rate housing.
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