All four said they had no intention of changing their votes on the housing plan.

"Our job was to come up with an affordable housing plan that made sense economically," he said.

The program is the largest of the half-dozen that make up the city's 10-year housing plan.

The judge also realized that there are some other forces working in the housing plan's favor.

His decision should help calm Palestinian anger over the housing plan.

In 1943, the federal government designed and built a housing plan known as Mooncrest for defense workers.

By a 4-to-3 vote it refused to put any housing plan into effect.

So where does the struggling middle class fit into this housing plan?

Opponents of the housing plan are also more involved in government procedures.

"And there are many people who want this never to happen," he said, referring to opponents of the housing plan.