Construction could begin next spring on a much-anticipated project that could result in new affordable housing options in downtown Flagstaff.
Two separate groups, the Catholic Charities Housing for Hope, and the Foundation for Senior Living, have been working and planning together for the most part of a decade to build the project at 320 N. Humphreys Street.
That site is in a neighborhood of well-established older residences and is currently the home to a former Catholic school which would be demolished to make way for the new buildings.
One part of the site, under the auspices of the Catholic Charities program, will see the building of around 65 units. The second half, belonging to the Foundation, will have a total of 70 units.
Plans for the project were first presented to the Flagstaff City Council in 2021. It was then anticipated that work could launch sometime in the summer of 2022. A lack of funding, however, forestalled that timeline.
Now an official with the Catholic Charities program has announced that that elusive funding may at last be within reach: “We’re feeling pretty good about where we are,” Steve Capobres, executive director with the Charities’ Housing for Hope, remarked to the Arizona Daily Sun.
The earlier released plans for the twin projects envisioned two separate structures with four floors each, a variety of unit sizes, and buildings bearing a modern architectural design.
By Garry Boulard
