People are telling WPTV that construction has stopped at an affordable housing project in Pahokee.
Palm Beach County staff said they have given Kansas City-based developer Michael Snodgrass about $1.2 million to build a 60-unit townhome complex with a daycare center at 200 S. Barfield Hwy.
Work stoppage at affordable housing project concerns Pahokee residents
Snodgrass’s company, Oikos Development Corporation, also received mortgages from the Federal Department of Agriculture and utilized financing options for its estimated $7 million private investment into the property.
Contractors are also complaining about not being paid for the work performed on the project. Records WPTV reporter Ethan Stein obtained show that various companies have filed liens against the developer and his construction company. Those liens range from $750 to $45,000 in unpaid bills…