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Highland Park housing commission reports five plans to create 44 affordable units, approves housing grant for supportive units
Summary
At the Feb. 23 city council meeting, the Housing Commission liaison reported five inclusionary-housing plans expected to add 44 affordable units and said the commission approved a grant (described in the transcript as “a half $1,000,000”) to support four affordable units for adults with developmental disabilities in a new 50-unit building across from the police station.
Council member Tapia, the council liaison to Highland Park’s Housing Commission, told the city council on Feb. 23 that the commission has reviewed five inclusionary-housing plans that together are expected to create 44 new affordable units.
Tapia said the commission oversees several city-owned housing programs — identifying the Pierce Housing Association (68 units), Ravinia Housing Association (17 units) and Sunset Woods Housing Association (14 units) — and manages the city’s housing trust, which can accept developers’ cash-in-lieu contributions to preserve or acquire permanently affordable housing.
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