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West Palm Beach mayor says city is about 72% toward 1,400-unit affordable housing goal

3624174 · June 2, 2025
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Mayor Keith James told the City Center podcast the city has completed roughly 72% of a 1,400-unit affordable housing target set for his second term, and he said he expects the city to exceed the goal by 2027 amid rising housing demand.

Mayor Keith James said West Palm Beach has reached about 72% of a goal to produce 1,400 affordable housing units over eight years and expects the city to exceed that target by the end of his second term in 2027.

The goal was part of James’s administration strategy to keep West Palm Beach affordable as demand rises, the mayor told the City Center podcast. "I established a goal of 1,400 units in 8 years of my having 1,400 units of affordable…

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