TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A new affordable housing complex broke ground Monday in downtown Manhattan, Kansas, adding more than 60 one-bedroom apartments to the city\u2019s housing supply.<\/p>\n
The development, called Sunflower Flats, will make all of its units available under Section 8. City leaders said the project comes as affordable housing options in the area have become harder to find.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need literally thousands of housing units to be built over the next decade, across the income spectrum,\u201d Susan Adamchack, Manhattan\u2019s Mayor said. \u201cBut whatever we can do as a city to help underwrite or help encourage, incentivize, developers to look to more modest homes that are more affordable for first-time homeowners, for seniors who want to age in place, I think that will be a tremendous asset for Manhattan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manhattan Housing Authority Director Aaron Estabrook said the project is the result of a broad collaboration.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just proud to be a part of it,\u201d Estabrook said. \u201cIt takes a huge team of developers and the lenders, and everybody involved in the construction, so I\u2019m just a small part of a big team that is making a building come to life here in Manhattan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunflower Flats is estimated to be completed in the summer or fall of next year, with move-in dates to follow shortly after.<\/p>\n
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