The Brief
- Sarasota Station Apartments will bring more than 200 affordable housing units to families and workers of Sarasota.
- The complex was a vision of Harvey Vengroff, who fought for affordable housing before others realized it was needed.
- The City of Sarasota, Sarasota County and a number of community partners worked with One Stop Housing to make this complex a reality.
SARASOTA, Fla – Rent has gone up and so have the prices of homes, so much so, that some are being priced out of Sarasota. Now, a new workforce housing complex is hoping to solve some of those problems.
One Stop Housing broke ground Thursday morning on a new building. The group knows it’s only a fraction of what is needed in the community, but it is a legacy project that was started 20 years ago by a man who refused to give up.
The backstory:…