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Board member proposes exploring workforce‑housing RFPs on surplus district land
Summary
A board member described a Miami‑Dade pilot that converted unused school acreage into workforce housing via RFP and suggested Leon County Schools research whether similar land could be used to provide affordable housing for teachers and staff.
A board member proposed the district explore converting underused district land into workforce housing through a request‑for‑proposals (RFP) process modeled on a Miami‑Dade pilot.
The member said the Miami‑Dade program allowed school districts to offer adjacent or surplus land to private developers under RFPs to produce workforce housing intended for teachers and staff, often as transitional affordable housing to help new employees build toward homeownership.
“Imagine if...we were to work in tandem and identify properties or adjacent lands on sites where we know there's not intended growth and we could make that investment in those lands and create land trust by which that can occur,” the board member said, urging staff to research whether district land and partnerships could support a similar option in Leon County.
The board discussed possible partnerships, land‑trust models, and that the district itself would not be a developer but could put property on the market or issue RFPs and work with local government or nonprofit partners. Staff agreed to research the concept and return with information about feasibility and potential sites.
No formal action was taken; the idea will be researched and returned to the board for consideration.
