charles dabney knows all too well. the land trust he works for focuses on building affordable homes in communities like miami's little haiti, with costs rising vital projects. a stoled when you don't have housing, where you don't have adequate job and income to support housing options. if you don't have the ability to sustain a community, the idea behind subsidized public housing like this is to give families a chance to save and buy their own home. something increasingly out of reach. owning your own home is a foundation of the american dream. but even before the pandemic came along, there was a shortage of affordable housing here. now things that was compounded by rising construction costs, stagnant wages, and the shortage of new bill homes, or factors that have big consequences for communities across the united states. the price of lumber hidden old time high this month, driven up by covered $900.00 supply issues. the impact on poorer communities is already being felt. so they've got 2 choices, you right? and then y