In 1996, Abilities of Florida received HUD Section 811 funding to purchase and renovate six condominium units in the Morningside Condominium complex in Clearwater. Sixteen years later, Abilities received an additional $1.08 million in Section 811 funding, plus an additional $200,000 from Pinellas County to acquire and renovate an additional eight units. In August of 2012, JPH & Associates, Inc. announced the completion of phase two. The newly renovated units are some of the first in the State of Florida that have received the Florida Green Building Coalition. This designation impacted apartment features including, but not limited to air conditioning/heating, appliances, water conservation features, low emission paints, and the incorporation of recycled materials throughout. The end result is a more efficient and intelligent design, plus significant reductions in future operating costs, which will directly benefit those tenants who are physically disabled and who have household incomes as defined as “very low and extremely low”.
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