Mr. Kemp has called their decision to emphasize conventional public housing, rather than his plans to sell it, a "betrayal of low-income families."

After the games, the units could be converted to conventional housing.

Though conventional public housing is better known, Section 8 houses about twice as many families through payments to private landlords.

The department provides aid to about 4.5 million families, either through conventional public housing or programs that subsidize families living in private apartments.

Section 8 was created in 1974 as a Republican alternative to conventional public housing.

Carnegie Mellon offers conventional housing for its students through single-gender, coeducational, and special interest options.

The estate is now occupied and surrounded by conventional suburban housing.

The buildings are temporary structures built with a very low environmental impact when compared to conventional housing.

"The people who opt for cohousing are looking for something they can't find in conventional housing."

The most pronounced difference from conventional housing is that all residents have an equal say in the decisions involving the project.