{"id":334989,"date":"2026-07-09T22:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334989\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T22:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:33:12","slug":"new-affordable-housing-could-be-coming-to-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334989\/","title":{"rendered":"New affordable housing could be coming to St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Living in the Tampa Bay Area can be expensive. Local organizations said the City of St. Pete is lacking in affordable housing, but soon a new project could help with the issue.<\/p>\n

“I can\u2019t do it alone, so I ask the lord to help me,” said Madeline Ramirez.<\/p>\n

Ramirez is not only praying to make ends meet but also working hard to do so.<\/p>\n

Watch report from Casey Albritton:<\/p>\n

New affordable housing could be coming to St. Pete<\/p>\n

“I try to do with BOGO’s, buy-one get-ones, try to look for coupons, that\u2019s how I basically get by\u2026and sometimes I go to the food pantry when things get really rough because will live on applesauce,” said Ramirez.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s one of many people who are struggling to live in St. Pete.<\/p>\n

“Rent is expensive, food is expensive,” said Ramirez.<\/p>\n

She said there\u2019s a lack of affordable housing in the area and what is available isn\u2019t well-maintained.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully, functioning elevators and the A\/C breaks down and everything breaks down\u2026so somewhere affordable and that works, and that they maintain, that would be great,” said Ramirez.<\/p>\n

But soon more affordable housing could be made available. St. Pete City Council is considering allowing voters to decide what to do with nine city-owned lots. The plots of land have been vacant for more than 40 years.<\/p>\n

Voters will be able to decide to remove the lots from the city\u2019s charter park and waterfront map\u2026so they can be turned into workforce and affordable housing.<\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, these developments, as great as they might be, it\u2019s a drop in the bucket,” said William Kilgore with St. Pete Tenants Union.<\/p>\n

If approved, 41 housing units, about four family homes and 37 multi-family units would be built on the properties along Burlington Avenue in St. Pete.<\/p>\n

\"Possible<\/p>\n

WFTS<\/p>\n

Leaders with the St. Pete Tenants Union are looking forward to new affordable housing developments\u2026but said it must be done right.<\/p>\n

“Affordable for people who are working, Uber Eats, working as a cashier at Publix, those kind of jobs that are vital jobs, and those are the people who are suffering the most right now,” said Kilgore.<\/p>\n

Kilgore agrees that any new developments should be functional.<\/p>\n

“It should be world class housing, people should be comfortable\u2026that\u2019s another thing, just because you\u2019re poor doesn\u2019t mean we are going to put you in a box somewhere,” said Kilgore.<\/p>\n

If more affordable housing is built, Ramirez said it will alleviate a lot of stress.<\/p>\n

“Between all that, and the housing and maintaining to be able to do things, it gets to you sometimes,” said Ramirez.<\/p>\n

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