Amazon commits $300 million to help build 3,000 affordable housing units near public transit areas

Amazon partners with Sound Transit to help build 1,200 affordable housing units

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said Wednesday it has committed $300 million to help accelerate the creation of up to 3,000 new affordable housing units across the Puget Sound area in Washington, in Washington, D.C. and Nashville. The Seattle-based ecommerce giant, in partnership with Sound Transit, said the commitment was in the form of below-market funding to developers to help expedite the building of affordable housing on Sound Transit property.

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