Key West Says Yes to Workforce Housing at Truman Waterfront
“’In order to apply for subsidized housing funds from grants and the government, we need to have control of the land for at least 50 years for affordable rental units, and 99 years for affordable home ownership,’ said Scott Pridgen, executive director of AH Monroe, which has successfully steered prior affordable housing developments through the funding gauntlet.
‘The passage of the referendum is a giant step that makes it official for real affordable housing for our community,’ Pridgen told the Keys Weekly on Tuesday evening. ‘Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. Let’s get started.’
City Commissioner Clayton Lopez, whose district will include the new housing, also celebrated the long-awaited, but decades-delayed progress.”