Mixed-Use Development to Offer Affordable Housing Near New Silver Spring Library
About 130 units of both market rate and lower-income housing is planned in downtown Silver Spring.
Yet another mixed-use development will combine residential units and retail space in downtown Silver Spring—but this time, with a twist. Montgomery Housing Partnership, a nonprofit developer that creates affordable housing, and Donohoe Development Company are working together to build an apartment complex with units reserved for lower-income residents adjacent to the new Silver Spring library at the corner of Bonifant and Fenton Streets. The proposed property will include 9,000 square feet of retail and between 130 to 150 housing units, said Robert Goldman, president of Montgomery Housing Partnership. Goldman said he hopes that about 75 percent of the units will be made available to people earning 60 percent or less of the median area …
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jag
3:33 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Sometimes, but plenty of times low income workers need cars is due to the fact they can't afford to live in job and transportation centers like DTSS. The point is to attract low income workers/retirees who don't need a car. Obviously, if you paid big $$$$$ to put 180 spaces underground then you'll attract low-income people with cars and defeat the entire purpose of locating the subsidized … more ›