Vacant lot slated for home construction in Covington, Kentucky. | City of Covington, Kentucky / Workforce Housing Development on Pleasant Street
Covington, Kentucky is building modular homes on city-owned lots in an attempt to increase the city’s affordable housing supply, reports Christian Hauser for WKRC.
“City leaders say the modular approach is designed to create affordable housing that can be installed quickly and efficiently. Covington Mayor Ron Washington said the city has hundreds of vacant lots available and also pointed to the cost of maintaining abandoned properties.” The homes, which each cost $300,000 to build, will sell for $250,000 each…