Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Santa Rosa Canceling Contract with Rebuild Northwest Florida

County to get affordable homes
"Santa Rosa County is taking steps to bring more affordable housing to the county, including funds for 28 new homes, more funding for storm-damaged houses and, for the first time, money for mobile-home repairs. County commissioners on Thursday are expected to approve $1.5 million in contracts to subsidize home construction with:

  1. Affordable Housing Solutions of Northwest Florida for $750,000 for 15 modular homes.·
  2. Crawford-McBride Development for $150,000 for three modular homes.·
  3. Community Enterprise Investments for $570,000 for 10 site-built homes"

18 modular homes out of a total of 28 approved new homes! Considering the hurricane damage that we have experienced here in Santa Rosa County with Ivan and Dennis, seems to me that money would be better spent constructing stronger type homes that can withstand major storm damage. Brick for instance. It is difficult enough as it is to get property and flood insurance without making it harder. Modular home is just a modern word for mobile home and nobody wants to be in a "trailer" when a storm rips through! The area they are building these homes must be in the north of the county away from the coast. They don't retain their value either as well as a brick home, if at all.

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