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Okaloosa County staff preview Sept. 24 housing summit, describe SHIP new-construction subsidy up to $250,000
Summary
Okaloosa County staff and a local city official discussed affordable-housing barriers, previewed a Sept. 24 housing summit at the Niceville Community Center and described a SHIP new-construction strategy that staff said could provide up to $250,000 per home for income-qualified buyers.
Local official and Okaloosa County staff previewed a housing summit and outlined a county-backed subsidy option intended to help bring more affordable homes to Okaloosa County.
Local official, a city official, said the summit will be Sept. 24 at the Niceville Community Center and framed the discussion around local workforce needs, saying, “But what I wanna talk about today, the housing situation.” Brittney, an Okaloosa County staff member, described a new-construction strategy under the SHIP program that she said the county will roll out soon and that “would allow us to provide, I want to say, maximum up to $250,000 per home, to help subsidize the cost of that build, as long as they put an income qualified home buyer in there.”
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