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Habitat for Humanity and local partners pitch 22-unit snow-lot townhome project; council approves two land-trust purchases
Summary
Habitat for Humanity of Flathead Valley asked the council to consider developing 22 townhomes on the city's snow lot using a community land-trust model; council later approved two Northwestern Montana Land Trust purchases with $40,000 per house city contributions (unanimous).
Whitefish — Habitat for Humanity of Flathead Valley told the Whitefish City Council Jan. 5 it wants to be considered to build 22 townhomes on the citys 'snow lot,' combining Habitat-built units for households under 80% AMI with privately built units for higher AMI tiers.
Mary Beth Moran, executive director of Habitat Flathead, said the organization has reviewed the Depot Park / snow-lot plans and believes modest design changes would allow construction at substantially lower per-unit costs. Moran estimated Habitat could build some units for between $250,000 and $300,000 apiece; staff- or market-driven figures in the packet…
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