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Who or what is Lee County Housing Development
Corporation (HDC) and how did they get
started? The HDC is a private non-profit organization that is dedicated
to creating affordable housing for low to moderate income families in Lee County.
In the Mid
1980s the "Affordable Housing Task Force" was made up of private
citizens who were looking into ways of developing additional housing
that could be made affordable for purchase by lower income families.
This group was assigned the task of looking into ways that money being made
available through the federal and state governments could be utilized to
construct affordable housing in neighborhoods targeted for redevelopment.
The rules
governing the use of these funds required that the monies be funneled
through a community based non-profit organization. Thus, at the
recommendation of the Affordable Housing Task Force, six community leaders
with a passion for affordable housing decided to form the HDC, which was incorporated in
August, 1991.
With the aid
of a seed grant in the amount of $98,997 and five donated lots the HDC constructed five
homes. That was the beginning!
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