A new affordable housing development is coming to South Tampa
Casa Bel-Mar, a proposed 100-unit apartment complex, is a joint effort between public and private partners, including the Tampa Housing Authority and Orlando-based developer Archway Partners.
An affordable housing option is coming to South Tampa.
The Casa Bel-Mar apartments, a joint effort between several public and private partners, is set to offer 100 affordable units of new construction to residents by 2024. The proposed four-story, mid-rise apartment will offer one- and two-bedroom apartments subsidized for low-income residents who earn between 30 to 80 percent of the area's median income.
Leroy Moore, vice president of the Tampa Housing Authority, said that 75 of the 100 units will be reserved for residents already on the agency's waitlist for housing choice vouchers, also known as Section 8.
"It's important to realize that it's not a mad rush to the door ... these families will be pulled from a waitlist that's about a year-and-a-half old," he said.
The waitlist, which last opened for a week in June of 2022, received around 18,000 applications.
