City of Hopewell:
“An amendment to the zoning of the Langston Park Public
Housing Development was granted by City Council Tuesday, amid questions and
hesitations from some councilors about a plan to revitalize the development.
Community Housing Partners, plans to demolish the 52-year-old development in
favor of building energy efficient mixed-income units. CHP is a nonprofit
organization that works with public and private partners to provide energy
efficient and quality affordable housing.
The current 30-unit development will be replaced by 56
units, 26 of which will be rented at market rate. Thirty of the units will be
under the Section 8 voucher program. Construction of the apartments is slated
to cost about $9.5 million. CHP has acquired all of the funding for the
project, which includes state and federal tax credits, grants and private
investment.
The area is currently zoned R-4, but is slated to become a
Planned Unit Development following Tuesday's decision. During a Council work
session last month, developers stated that the new designation would allow more
open space, and be landscaped into a safer, more well lit environment.”
~Writes Leah Small of Progress-Index
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