CRESTVIEW — Crestview’s best-kept affordable housing secret may be on a quiet, shady dead-end street, far from West James Lee Boulevard's hustle and bustle.
The non-profit Crestview Housing Development Corp., managed by the Crestview Housing Authority, cut the ribbon on a new duplex on Friday in the Malcolm Tucker Apartment complex.
The two new units bring the complex — including five duplexes built in the 1990s — to 12 apartments.
“We’re so proud to be adding this addition to our non-profit,” corporation President Judy Adams said. “This is affordable housing for Crestview.”
The row of white, single-story stucco duplexes — tucked off Old Milligan Road behind Crestview Wholesale and Building Supply — has received new appliances, new roofs, new privacy fencing, individual metal storage buildings and enlarged parking, Adams said.
“It’s nice and quiet down here,” Adams said. “We were so glad to be able to buy the property earlier this year and add this newest addition.”
The development corporation board has not established the monthly rent for these apartments, but Adams said she expects it will be between $500 and 600 for the two-bedroom units.
She expected the units, which were built by Toolan Development, to be popular, based on early response.
“Before construction even started, I had them pre-rented,” Adams said, adding that both families decided to rent elsewhere before the new apartments were ready.
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