{"id":40535,"date":"2022-03-16T17:30:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T12:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=40535"},"modified":"2022-03-16T14:47:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:47:34","slug":"amazon-commits-124-mln-usd-to-create-over-1000-affordable-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-business-news\/amazon-commits-124-mln-usd-to-create-over-1000-affordable-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon commits 124 mln USD to create over 1,000 affordable homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, March 16 (Xinhua\/APP) &#8211;:Amazon announced Tuesday that it will invest over 124.4 million U.S. dollars to build 1,060 affordable homes near four public transit sites, working in partnership with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) and Sound Transit, the transit system serving the Central Puget Sound region of Washington state.<\/p>\n<p>The new deals stem from Amazon&#8217;s 300-million-dollar transit 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