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Dear Editor, Former Mayor Tom Rackers usually ended his public comments by saying "Jefferson City is a great place to live, work and raise a family."

A review of letters sent in opposition and support of four workforce housing projects proposed for Jefferson City may not explain why the Missouri Housing Development Commission refused to offer tax credits for any of the projects, but it does bring into sharp focus the divide within the community over the projects.

Developers and nonprofits who hoped the Missouri Housing Development Commission would support workforce housing in Jefferson City are angry.

Comments made during a City Council discussion Tuesday about three workforce housing projects shocked leaders of Central Missouri's nonprofit community, who provide services for Jefferson City's poor, young and elderly.

Turnout was lighter for the third of three community town-hall discussions about housing, but that just gave organizers more opportunities to answer questions for concerned community leaders.