Amazon to build affordable housing near transit stops

FILE - Employees walk through a lobby at Amazon's headquarters on Nov. 13, 2018, in Seattle. Amazon said Tuesday, March 15, 2022, it will spend more than $120 million to build affordable-housing units close to transit stations near Seattle and Washington, D.C, the latest example of a tech company trying to address the affordable housing crisis critics say the industry has exacerbated.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)