{"id":185231,"date":"2025-08-29T18:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185231\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:19:09","slug":"more-affordable-housing-is-coming-to-jacksonville-heres-a-look-at-some-of-the-projects-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185231\/","title":{"rendered":"More affordable housing is coming to Jacksonville. Here\u2019s a look at some of the projects in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 The Jacksonville Housing Authority is working on bringing more affordable housing to several neighborhoods in the city.<\/p>\n

News4JAX went on a tour with Cheron Corbett Waller, the agency\u2019s new CEO, and showed us what affordable housing projects are in the works in two historic neighborhoods. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe want our area to look good. We want something here that we are going to be proud of,\u201d Corbett Waller said.<\/p>\n

One of the stops was in historic Eastside, the site of the Downtown East apartments\u2014 once known as Franklin Arms. <\/p>\n

Alice Nelson, who grew up in this neighborhood, said these buildings are an eyesore.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s dilapidated. It was previously drug-infested. It is just a disgrace to the community,\u201d Nelson said.<\/p>\n

In 2022, News4JAX reported these apartments were deemed a nuisance. <\/p>\n

Now, between JHA, LIFT Jax and a co-developer the Housing Authority is hoping to partner with, these buildings are expected to be torn down and turned into a more than 100-unit complex with more affordable housing within the next few years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will give individuals an opportunity to have somewhere to call home. Somewhere that they are proud of. Somewhere where they can enjoy their families and enjoy the community,\u201d Corbett Waller said.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s just one of several different areas Corbett Waller said she wants to see redeveloped and flourish.<\/p>\n

Another area is the Oaks of Durkeeville Community, which the city originally redeveloped in 1999 with 208 different apartments.<\/p>\n

Now, JHA aims to add a grocer with fresh and healthy food to eliminate this part of town from being considered a food desert.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s welcomed news for Clara Buckholtz, who\u2019s called this community home since the complex opened more than 25 years ago. She raised her four kids there and recovered from a brain aneurysm in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s wonderful. That is a blessing for all of the people to help them and move up. It is wonderful that they are doing that for everyone. Not just me, but for everyone, and I have appreciated what they have done already out here,\u201d Buckholtz said.<\/p>\n

Corbett Waller has been on the job for four months and said expanding affordable housing \u2014 while enhancing self-efficacy and economic opportunities for people \u2014 is a core mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cAffordable housing is a key critical need, not just here in Jacksonville, but throughout the entire U.S. There is a serious need in regards to reducing housing insecurities for families who are in need,\u201d Corbett Waller said.<\/p>\n

Moreover, five houses in Durkeeville are opening by the beginning of October for families to live in. These are called the Daisy Homes Community on Hart and Grothe Streets.<\/p>\n

Families will be able to rent the homes for about $1,490 a month through a housing voucher program after the city gave JHA $1 million to make this happen. <\/p>\n

The families are being selected from a wait list next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is making so many differences in the lives of those who are in need. We find each and every day, we see families who walk through the doors of the Jacksonville Housing Authority that are in need of housing. This is an opportunity for us now to push forward in partnership with the City of Jacksonville to really unite and continue to deliver in the expansion and preservation of homes for those in need,\u201d Corbett Waller said.<\/p>\n

To learn more about JHA\u2019s projects and for information on how to apply for affordable housing, visit this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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