Approximately 650 households are waiting for affordable senior housing through the St. Petersburg Housing Authority, which is proposing 47 new apartments at Clearview Park in north St. Petersburg.
The expansion would address a portion of that demand while nearly tripling the number of apartments on the existing property. But the housing authority has yet to secure financing, and four families currently living at Clearview Park would have to move permanently to make room for the development.
Michael Lundy, president and CEO of the St. Petersburg Housing Authority (SPHA), provided those details in response to questions from the Catalyst following the agency’s Nov. 9 announcement…