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Mayor’s Message continued

• Village View. The Housing Trust Group is about to open this Lauderdale since the end of the last recession. The city will
100-unit affordable housing project for seniors in Flagler Village. continue to support similar housing initiatives and look for
other ways to encourage affordable housing.
• The Adderley. In all, there will be 455 rental homes and
17,752 square feet of commercial space of retail and Affordable housing must continue to be a paramount goal of
restaurants. Because he set aside 10 percent of the units for the city. Every study of the housing market conducted
affordable housing, the City Commission agreed this fall to recently shows that too many of our residents dedicate a
give him a height bonus — allowing the project to rise to six very high percentage of their incomes to housing costs. That
stories rather than the normally permissible four stories. is not sustainable for the community in the long run.

• FAT LIVE. FAT Village developers have included 125 units As we look for additional opportunities, city government also
for workforce housing in their broader project that includes a must ensure that affordable housing developments fit within
hotel, market-rate housing, art studios, office space and the character and integrity of the surrounding
retail in Flagler Village. neighborhoods. This has been the commitment of this
commission for the past two years and will remain our
• Broward Partnership for the Homeless. The eight-story
promise going forward.
building will have 72 apartments and ground-floor
commercial space. Half of the units will be rented to formerly I hope everyone had a great holiday season and that you
homeless individuals who require permanent supportive found time to be with your family and friends. Here’s to a
housing, and the rest will be rented to individuals who earn prosperous new year in 2020.
less than 60 percent of the area median income.
Dean Trantalis
In all, more than 2,000 affordable housing units have been Mayor
built, approved or currently in planning review in Fort

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