[pydry]

>However, I wouldn't say it is good politically to only support local low-income housing conditional on the fact that there is no negatives.

It obviously isn't but the history of progressive politics demonstrates that ideological purity is a great way of never getting anything real done.

E.g. planned Parenthood's murky beginnings, food stamps (buyer of last resort for leftover agricultural produce), schools (training kids to be obedient factory workers).

I doubt there are any progressive institutions which aren't partly borne out of an uneasy alliance with some powerful but unethical group whose interests either align or are at least aren't all that badly affected.