Habitat raises concerns as Walton staff consider contractor-based replacement-housing strategy

Jul 22, 2026

Habitat-affiliated committee members urged reconsideration of a replacement-housing approach that could award contractors up to $175,000 per unit, saying past Habitat-led projects delivered replacements for far less and warning a contractor model could exhaust SHIP funds and lengthen the waiting list.

The full story

Committee members and county staff spent substantial time debating the LHAP replacement-housing strategy and how replacement awards compare with rehabilitation funding.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in