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Gainesville wins DCA workforce housing grant to fund stormwater work and expand affordable housing
Summary
Gainesville officials said the city received a workforce housing grant from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, reported in the meeting as about $2.5 million, to fund stormwater infrastructure on city-owned land in a floodplain to enable roughly 20 affordable houses and a public–private partnership expected to add more than 60 residences.
Gainesville Mayor Sam Couvillon announced at the June 18 mayor and council meeting that the city was awarded a workforce housing grant from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs that the mayor described in the transcript as "2 and a half $1,000,000." The grant will pay for stormwater infrastructure on a city-owned parcel in a floodplain to make the site buildable for affordable housing.
The mayor said the city has already built about 15 houses in prior efforts and that this funding will…
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