DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The city of Daytona Beach is looking to add more affordable housing while improving one of its poorest neighborhoods.
The city will soon consider a proposal to build more than 60 apartment units in the Midtown neighborhood, with about a third of those designated for low- and moderate-income individuals.
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The units would be built in the city’s old public works lot off Orange Avenue, near South Ridgewood Avenue.
According to the proposal, the city would give the developer a 70% discount on its property taxes for building the affordable units.
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