Just under 30 new affordable apartment units are slated for construction in Scottsdale in a project that has now won the approval of the Scottsdale City Council.
To go up in a section of the city known as the Paiute Neighborhood Center in the 6500 block of E. Osborn Road, the project will see the construction of both studio and two-bedroom units specifically designed for persons with disabilities, as well as seniors.
It is thought that the project will cost around $15.7 million to complete, with most of that money coming from the City of Scottsdale at nearly $8 million. An additional $7.8 million will be made up of federal funds secured by Maricopa County.
According to city documents, the project is animated by the “increasing number of seniors and families who are displaced from their homes due to non-renewal notices, rising rents, and a decreasing number of affordable rents and mortgages for all.”
The project has been the subject of several public input meetings, with final design expected to be completed in early 2024 and construction slated to start to sometime in 2025.
The larger Paiute Neighborhood Center was created by the city in 1995 and is also the subject of an on-site aging building replacement project budgeted at just over $11 million.
By Garry Boulard
