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Habitat for Humanity faces fight in wealthy community A group of residents in the pricey Marin County community of Strawberry are mobilizing against an affordable housing plan by the renowned charity Habitat for Humanity, saying it would blight their neighborhood. The group is convinced that the plan to build four three-bedroom units of low-income housing in their neighborhood would result in increased traffic and parking congestion and lower property values. About three dozen residents ... . In my erstwhiles I worked with a OTC drug broker in the Boston area.  This guy was right out of "The Last Hurrah," and steeped in Boston politics.  A great story teller, he regaled me with inside stories, many about the Kennedys whom he worked for every election. One involved Edward, who he did not particularly admire.  When a public housing project was slated for Brookline, home to the Kennedy compound, guess who led the charge to have it stopped?  Yup.  The most equal pig of all.