KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new development project is coming to a Westside neighborhood in Kansas City. Crews broke ground Friday morning for a project that will bring affordable housing to the area.
The corner of West 29th Street and Bellview Avenue is where Kansas City’s most recent affordable housing project, Belleview Townhomes, will be built. It aims to create opportunities for low-income families to become homeowners.
The Hispanic Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) is partnering with Kansas City on this project. Funding provided from the city’s affordable housing trust fund will be used to build the townhomes.
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According to HEDC, the neighborhood has been in need of a development like this for quite some time.
“This is going to be affordable housing,” said Joe Mendoza, Chairman at HEDC.
“It’s the first time there has been an affordable housing development in over two decades in Kansas City in the Westside.”
Mendoza went on to explain that the nine townhomes for working families, seniors and people whose home repairs cost more than it’s worth are designed with both two and three-bedroom options.