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Seneca County adopts housing strategy; funding plan to be developed
Summary
County supervisors voted to adopt a CZB‑prepared housing strategy that recommends a $1,000,000‑per‑year housing trust fund and local capacity building; the board did not commit funding and directed committees to develop financing and implementation plans.
Seneca County supervisors voted to adopt a housing strategy prepared by CZB LLC after a consultant presentation on Jan. 27.
Pete Lombardi of CZB summarized the plan as addressing two separate problems: affordability driven by low incomes and market weakness that keeps higher‑income households from choosing Seneca. "Here, the affordability challenge exists for low income households, especially for single earners, who work in the service sector," Lombardi said. He told supervisors the county is unique among peers in having fewer than 30 percent of households with incomes above $100,000.
The consultant identified a roughly "$100,000 per unit" financing gap for both subsidized and market‑rate…
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