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Louisiana Housing Lab seeks city support to build four affordable homes in West End
Summary
A CHDO-backed project would build four three-bedroom homes in New Iberia’s West End; developers asked the city to waive permit fees and help recruit eligible buyers to meet Louisiana Housing Corporation rules.
Housing advocates and the Louisiana Housing Lab presented a small, neighborhood-focused homeownership project to the New Iberia City Council and asked the city for administrative support and fee waivers to complete the funding match.
Anat Zahneman, a Hopkins Street resident and local business owner who has organized neighborhood advocates, introduced the project and said developers are seeking applicants for four newly built homes the group plans to construct near the intersection of Field Street and Corinne Avenue in the West End.
Corey Saft, executive director of the Louisiana Housing Lab — a certified community housing development organization (CHDO) affiliated with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette School of Architecture — described the project as a four-unit for-sale development expected to cost roughly $1 million. Saft said the Louisiana Housing…
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