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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 ...

CHEYENNE – It has been a tumultuous couple of months for a tidy suburban neighborhood in north Cheyenne . Residents of The Bluffs started hearing about the affordable apartment complex planned for their western border near Converse Avenue in mid-spring. They got a presentation from Summit Housing Group at Anderson Elementary School , which sits in the northwest corner of the neighborhood, not long afterward. By most accounts, things became heated pretty quickly . “We tried to explain the project to community,” Summit senior project manager Sam Lang said. “But they just said, ‘We don’t want this.’” A similarly passionate Cheyenne Planning Commission meeting followed July 5. Commissioners’ attempts to explain their reasoning for recommending approval of rezoning and the importance of having affordable housing in the community came off to many in the crowd of Bluffs neighbors as politically correct nonsense . Similar concerns persisted in City Council committee meetings , though t...

Aspen Village apartments looking east from the retail area of Mission Crossing." src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/pvpost.cdn/shared/content/uploads/2013/10/Aspen-Village-Rendering.jpg" width="714" height="357" /> A rendering of the Aspen Village apartments looking east from the retail area of Mission Crossing . A new senior housing complex is getting ready to take off this winter in Mission. The Aspen Village complex could start construction in December at the Mission Crossing development on the west edge of the city. The market-rate apartments are planned to have 101 units, according to Jeff Berg at LANE4 Property Group , which is developing the complex. It will have both one- and two-bedroom apartments. The project is estimated at $13 million, according to the city. The site of the new Aspen Village as it appears today, looking east toward the post office. The Aspen Village complex is the last component of the Mission Crossing project that in...

During a public hearing at the Spanish Fort Planning Commission meeting Monday night , subdivision residents living adjacent to the proposed Quail Hollow development said they were worried the additional traffic flowing from the planned 147 condominium units would significantly worsen already congested conditions on Alabama Highway 225. (Mike Kittrell/mkittrell@al.com) With their options limited by a rezoning decision made in 2004, the Spanish Fort Planning Commission voted Monday night to allow Spanish Fort Apartment 2012 LLC owners to move ahead with a planned unit development called Quail Hollow on the west side of Alabama Highway 225 in the city. J.R. Smith, who is the city council representative on the planning commission , cast the only no vote. The Quail Hollow master plan includes construction of 49 two-story triplexes for a total of 147 condominiums on 19.62 acres located on the west side of Highway 225 about one mile north of Alabama Highway 31. It is north of the...

Roosevelt Square developers hope to build two apartment buildings that would have 120 for-rent units. By Susan S. Stevens Roosevelt Square ’s developer, Related Midwest , hopes to build two apartment buildings providing 120 for-rent units. In its plans, the company increased the proportion of market rate apartments to 80%, with the remainder affordable or low- income housing . The previous proportion was 75% to 25%. Related Midwest also changed the exterior designs. Opposition to the apartment buildings has stalled construction since mid-2010. The company announced the 80/20 mix a meeting in April. Another community meeting , open to the public, will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, 1431 W. Taylor St. “Our meeting will be similar in scope to the meeting two years ago at the Sports Hall of Fame that many of you attended, but there will be much more detail about what Roosevelt Square is and how it fits into a larger com...

Complaints from Kansas Citians about rotting floors, broken fixtures and black mold in rental units often make their way to City Hall. But short of condemning an entire building or advising renters on do-it-yourself remedies, officials currently can’t do much to help. Prompted by health officials and some neighborhood groups, Councilman Scott Wagner wants to give the city some better tools — and he wants to do it sooner rather than later. Wagner hopes fellow council members will agree by next Thursday to seek a November vote on an inspection fee for rental properties . His ordinance calls for landlords to pay $25 a year for each rental building they own — whether it’s a single-family home or a multi- unit apartment complex . The city would use the money to hire inspectors to respond to complaints from tenants and neighbors. Owner who failed to fix problems would be subject to higher re- inspection fees . Wagner’s urgency stems partly from worries that the Missouri legislature...