Not only is Omaha building density in the core, they are doing it for affordable rents;
According to rent.com, the average cost of an Omaha one-bedroom is about $1,000 a month.
“The buildings or apartments will range from $450 all the way to $750. We have studios, one-bedroom apartments and two and three-bedroom apartments for families,” said Christian Gray, executive director of inCOMMON.
The Bristol will have 64 units and the Georgia Row House will have 11.
This is what I thought was promised before the election, then the city did a 180 and decided to build slab houses in SW Brandon.
“Its proximity to transportation, to job centers, to downtown. It doesn’t isolate people into deep parts of the community and exclude them from those opportunities,” said Gray.
Yeah, what a concept! Building affordable housing close to transportation resources! During a presser the other day about the zoo merger, the Mayor brought up our supposed competition with Omaha. Yup, in Omaha they are more concerned about helping their low income workforce than they are about animal prisons.