City's plan would convert old Albuquerque hotels into affordable housing

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – City officials, advocacy groups, and renters often mention there are simply not enough affordable places to live in Albuquerque. On Tuesday, the city outlined just one of the ways it hopes to add thousands of new housing units.
The plan to buy and convert old hotels and motels into permanent homes is part of the Keller Administrations Housing Forward Plan to expand the city's housing supply. The idea so far is getting mixed responses. "Motels were never desi