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Developers outline 44-home Manhattan infill project and seek 15-year RHID support
Summary
Frontier Development Group and partners presented a three-site, 44-home infill housing project for Manhattan and requested a 15-year Rural Housing Incentive District (RHID) allocation for one site. Developers and county commissioners debated costs, projected tax revenues and program terms; no county decision was recorded at the meeting.
Tyler Holloman, president of Frontier Development Group, and a development partner, Gavin, told the Riley County Commission on June 9 that their Manhattan Infill Housing project would deliver 44 new homes across three infill sites in Manhattan, including 40 designated as workforce housing and four market-rate units. Holloman said the three-site project will use local contractors and is supported by grants and tax-credit awards from Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC).
KHRC awarded a $650,000 Moderate Income Housing grant and about $1.2 million in housing investor tax credits to the project, Holloman said. Gavin said the RHID request before the county applies to the Little Kitten Flats site in northwest Manhattan — a 26-unit duplex component with a total budget about $8.8 million and an RHID request of $1,950,000 spread over 15 years.
Gavin walked commissioners through the project pro…
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