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Commission approves change to Pine Ridge workforce‑housing condition after owner cites leasing strain
Summary
The commission approved a modification to the Pine Ridge PUD’s 2020 workforce‑housing condition, adding more low‑income restricted units and allowing a portion of units to be unrestricted at market rate to stabilize project finances; the board amended staff recommendation to reserve eight additional restricted units and passed the item 8‑1.
The Palm Beach County Planning Commission on July 11 approved an amendment to a condition of approval for the Pine Ridge Planned Unit Development (PUD) that redesigns the project’s workforce‑housing allocations. Commissioners voted 8‑1 to add eight restricted units to the lower AMI categories and otherwise approve the applicant’s redistribution designed to keep the development financially viable.
The change affects a completed 11.18‑acre, 288‑unit development that was approved under ordinance 2020‑023 with a unique condition allocating 100% of units to the county workforce‑housing program and a heavy weighting of units to higher AMI brackets. The applicant, represented by urban planner John Roach, said the project has struggled to lease units under the 2020 restriction and had turned away about 1,400 prospective tenants in 2024 because most applicants fell into the lower AMI categories while the…
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