Much has been written about “good enough” marriages, but what of “good enough” houses in “I guess we have to live somewhere” neighborhoods? This is the story of a family who began with low expectations and then fell in love. In 2016, Amanda and Alain de Beaufort were renting an apartment with a garden in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where they had access to a new school with a Spanish/English program for their two children. Then one day, their landlord sold the building for cash and gave them a month to pack up and move out. “OK, we’ll just buy something in Sunset Park,” Ms. de Beaufort, 46, recalled saying, before making the cruel discovery that no affordable properties remained in the neighborhood.

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Persons: Amanda, Alain de Beaufort, de Beaufort, Ms Locations: “, Sunset Park , Brooklyn, Colombia, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge , Brooklyn, Westchester County