Affordable-housing units planned near Smokies Stadium | News
SEVIERVILLE -- One proposed development consisting of 96 units in Sevier County made it through the application process to become a project in the state's 2017 Low- Income Housing Tax Credit program . It was the only proposed project in Sevier County to make the list, which included a special Sevier County disaster relief category . The project will bring 96 apartments to Lenz Drive, which is located near Smokies Stadium. The LIHTC program, which is administered by the Tennessee Housing Development Agency , scores and ranks initial applicants across the state. Glade Pointe was the only Sevier County project included on the rankings list released on Aug. 17 by THDA officials. A memorandum released late Thursday identified 22 projects across the state as finalists and said that "reservation notices will be issued as soon as possible" and that "underwriting is still underway." The 96- unit Sevier County apartment complex on the Aug. 17 list is identified ...