Task Force leaders
COMMUNITY
HOUSING
John Franklin
Philip Curcuru
Mission- Create affordable rental and home ownership opportunities to meet the needs of the area’s full time workers, especially teachers, nurses and medical staff, and managers.
Vision - To have availability and affordability of housing options for our full time employees.
The task force wants to build appropriate and affordable demand driven duplex rental housing. We surveyed the major employers and the demand exists for over 100 units. These would be built for the Cashiers area full time workforce within a structure that allows and encourages local employers to participate financially on behalf of their employees.
This structure would also encourage tax advantaged capital formation through the Vision Cashiers public charity which would assist in securing conventional financing and traditional investor interest.
While consulting with the stakeholders and the primary employers of the community, we determined the following geographic location to be ideal for affordable rentals and home ownership.
Below are some examples of potential affordable housing options:
This structure would also encourage tax advantaged capital formation through the Vision Cashiers public charity which would assist in securing conventional financing and traditional investor interest.