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Housing groups report purchases, regional trust progress and ask county support for a 39‑unit rental project
Summary
The Buford‑Jasper Housing Trust and Coastal Community Development Corporation reported recent acquisitions and regional collaboration, outlined barriers to affordable housing and requested county coordination and potential local commitment for a 39‑unit Laurel Bay rental project.
Representatives of the Buford‑Jasper Housing Trust and the Coastal Community Development Corporation updated the committee April 7 on local affordable and workforce housing efforts and funding needs.
Buford‑Jasper Housing Trust: Executive Director (identified as Mister Hicks in the meeting) said the trust’s 501(c)(3) mission is creating and preserving workforce and affordable housing. He reported that, working with CCDC, the trust supported purchase of 21 townhome units in unincorporated county areas for workforce housing and that the purchase price for those units was about $4,000,007.72 (trust reported additional funding from grants and other sources). The trust said two units were leased by CCDC at the time of the briefing, two were available, and 17 had leases in place; the…
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