Chatham approves Habitat project
Published: Wed, Jan. 04, 2006 12:30AM
Modified Wed, Jan. 04, 2006 04:18AM
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closeThe Chatham County Board of Commissioners gave the go-ahead Tuesday for a 60-home affordable housing neighborhood south of Pittsboro.
At Commissioner Mike Cross' request, the board told Chatham County's Habitat for Humanity to start negotiating to buy the land.
The money for the neighborhood -- $1.1 million -- is being paid by the developers of the Briar Chapel subdivision, located south and east of Manns Chapel Road and west of U.S. 15-501.
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As part of the county's approving the 2,300-home Briar Chapel project last year, Newland Carolina, a division of San Diego-based Newland Communities, agreed to provide for 120 affordable housing units.
Half of those homes will be built in Briar Chapel by EmPOWERment, Inc., a Chapel Hill-based organization that builds homes for people who make 60 to 80 percent of the average area income.
Habitat, which builds homes for people who make 25 to 50 percent of the average, will oversee the construction of the other 60 homes on the 40 acres, north of East Cornwallis Street and east of U.S. 15-501.
Cross, who serves on the county's affordable housing task force, said Habitat hopes to build single-family homes and townhouses there over the next 10 to 15 years.
Staff writer Leah Friedman can be reached at 932-2002 or leah.friedman@newsobserver.com.
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