See an aerial view of the Florence Apartments to understand the scope of this issue
affordable housing.
Privately owned but publicly subsidized housing developments such as Florence Apartments and High Point Village which have been the homes of:
- low income families,
- the elderly,
- and the disabled for the past forty years
Our Neighbors at Florence Apartments May Lose their Homes!
The owner of Florence Apartments, a development near Healy Field, has notified the tenants that he will not renew his HUD Section 8 contract that expires April 1, 2008, even though he could collect substantially increased rents if he renewed. He has not agreed to meet with the tenants or expressed any willingness to sell the buildings to an agency which would keep the apartments affordable. The tenants are fearful that they may be forced to move.