affordable housing

Rebecca Ford, who lives next to the 2020 S. Main St. site, on Thursday told the South Bend Redevelopment Commission that she saw a demolition firm bury wells of chemical solvents with building materials instead of removing the wells. But city officials and KCG Development say tests have shown the soil is safe for residential use.

The city of South Bend says KCG Development has encountered extra environmental cleanup costs in building a 50-unit affordable housing complex on the city's south side.

The 174-unit Beacon Heights Apartments on South Bend's northwest edge will receive their first major investment since their construction in the 1940s. Federal tax credits will keep the new owners from raising rents to pay for the renovation.

The three projects — two on South Bend's south side and one on the city's western edge — would create a total of 272 apartments with income-based rents.

The city of South Bend, St. Joseph County and the Michiana Council of Governments would create a new nonprofit to administer the land bank program. It aims to reduce the number of vacant properties and create new affordable housing opportunities in blighted neighborhoods.

After the Rabbi Shulman Apartments are demolished by mid-April, the city of South Bend, South Bend Housing Authority and Community Foundation of St. Joseph County will partner in a new $43 million rental housing development.

As new housing developments come into South Bend, advocates say there’s still a need for affordable and subsidized housing.

Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County opens the new Mishawaka center to help clients who are facing fewer housing affordability options and more home ownership obstacles.

The South Bend city administration Thursday will ask the redevelopment commission to give Devereaux Peters a fifth extension to secure financing, and to retake the property if she doesn't have money for the project's full expected cost in hand at closing.

A rezoning decision by South Bend’s Plan Commission could open the door to a major affordable housing project on the city’s south side.