The subsidy guidelines encouraged builders to construct on pricier land closer to urban areas, so that residents benefit from existing infrastructure and shorter commutes, and to erect apartment towers rather than town homes.

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Police associations, Mayor Slay, urban elected officials, and rural outstate conservatives in charge of state government all had to work together to construct an agreeable compromise.

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