{"id":432258,"date":"2026-10-19T19:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432258\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:26:52","slug":"st-petersburg-lands-7-4m-for-affordable-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432258\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg Lands $7.4M For Affordable Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seventy-five new affordable apartments are planned for a 1.35-acre property near 34th Street North in <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"43\" title=\"tbbw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Petersburg<\/a>, where a $7.4 million <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/private-markets\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"36\" title=\"private markets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">funding<\/a> award will also help renovate a neighboring 34-unit apartment complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The St. Petersburg Housing Authority owns the land at Hartford Street North and 32nd Avenue North, where it is working with <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2026\/01\/13\/blake-investment-partners-affordable-housing-gas-plant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Sky Communities<\/a> and Place Architecture to develop The Hartford Apartments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new community will provide housing for families near the 34th Street corridor, with construction planned on property the authority already controls.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/show_image.jpeg\" alt=\"Architectural rendering of The Hartford Apartments, a planned four-story affordable housing development in St. Petersburg.\" class=\"wp-image-94355\"  \/>Rendering of The Hartford Apartments, a planned 75-unit affordable housing development in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just a few blocks away, the housing authority also plans to renovate Saratoga Apartments at 3475 32nd Avenue North, an existing <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2025\/12\/12\/st-petersburg-faith-based-affordable-housing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">affordable housing community<\/a> with 34 one- and two-bedroom units spread across two two-story buildings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both properties are covered by the same funding award, which will support new construction at Hartford and improvements to the existing apartments at Saratoga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $7.4 million award comes from a larger $40.85 million affordable housing package that St. Petersburg City Council approved unanimously on Oct. 1, covering six projects across the city. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development\u2019s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program provides the funding. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The housing authority, which serves more than 4,000 low-income households in St. Petersburg, has not announced a construction schedule or total development cost for the project.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seventy-five new affordable apartments are planned for a 1.35-acre property near 34th Street North in St. Petersburg, 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