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Commission hears presentation, approves support for 50-unit senior affordable housing LIHTC application
Summary
Commissioners heard a presentation from the GIT committee and Lowcountry Housing on a 50-unit, 55+ senior affordable housing project and placed a letter of support on the consent agenda for the project's Low Income Housing Tax Credit application to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
The City of Douglas Mayor and Commission heard a presentation on April 13 about a proposed 50-unit, 55-and-older senior affordable housing development and approved a letter of support for the project's Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) application.
Jordan Henderson of the Georgia Initiative Community Housing (the GIT committee) told the commission the committee received a single LIHTC application this year from Lowcountry Housing and recommended the city provide a support letter. "We only received one this year from Lowcountry Housing," Henderson said, and the committee "are in agreement to award them the letter of support," noting the city's letter is part of the application package to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
Carson Wynn, representing Lowcountry Housing, described the proposed phase as the second phase of McDonough Crossing: two two-story buildings with elevators, ADA-compliant circulation, a fenced community garden, a business center with computers and printer access, a central laundry facility and outdoor gathering spaces. "This would be 55 and older," Wynn said, adding that the project will include elevators "because when you're gonna cater to just people who are 55 and older...they're gonna need an elevator." Wynn said initial rent projections range from about $580 a month to $905 a month, subject to change during development, and that rents would be adjusted based on household income and the project's applicable LIHTC targeting.
City Manager Charlie Davis told the commission the LIHTC application is due to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs in May and that the applicant needs the city's decision to finalize the package. Commissioners had brief questions about rent-setting and eligibility; a city committee member confirmed rents are income-based and that applicants must meet the 55+ requirement.
The commission placed the support letter on the consent agenda and approved it as part of the consent items.
Next steps: the applicant will submit the LIHTC package to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs in May, following the city's support letter and any final adjustments to the application.
