Two Afghan families, forcibly displaced from their home country, remain occupants of a church basement in Newburyport. It's been more than a year since they arrived, but they’ve been unable to find a permanent home, in part, due to the lack of affordable housing options in the community they’ve become a part of. But, a group of advocates is hoping to develop new structures to help forcibly displaced people afford housing in Newburyport, and beyond. WBUR Senior Producer and Reporter Lynn Jolicoeur joins The Common with more.

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