City of Sarasota, developers to deliver 600 affordable housing units

With several projects in the pipeline, the city has earned a Local Action Award from the Florida League of Cities for its attainable housing density bonus program.

By Andrew Warfield
| 7:30 a.m. September 2, 2024
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Artists Court is planned as a 242-unit apartment community with 26 units priced as affordable and attainable.

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Should all the projects currently in the city of Sarasota's affordable housing planning pipeline be approved and built, it will add 596 residential units priced in the affordable and attainable range to the city’s housing stock.

That doesn’t include projects already approved and in some phase of development that have taken advantage of the city’s new attainable housing ordinances, which will bring 144 affordable units among a total of 1,030 residences across six projects in or near downtown.

It’s those results that prompted the Florida League of Cities to recently honor Sarasota with its 2024 Local Action Award in recognition of the city's attainable housing density bonus program.