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Gainesville loses out on federal grant funding for affordable housing

Davis Street Cottages residents, from left Kathy Malatesta, Eliana Rubio, Jerry Malatesta and Jennifer Mendoza, gather Wednesday, June 2, 2021, as the city of Gainesville and Gainesville Nonprofit Development Foundation Inc. hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new cottages. Five cottages at the site are part of the affordable housing options the city is supporting in the midtown area. - photo by Scott Rogers

06032021 DAVIS 4.jpg — Davis Street Cottages residents, from left Kathy Malatesta, Eliana Rubio, Jerry Malatesta and Jennifer Mendoza, gather Wednesday, June 2, 2021, as the city of Gainesville and Gainesville Nonprofit Development Foundation Inc. hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new cottages. Five cottages at the site are part of the affordable housing options the city is supporting in the midtown area. - photo by Scott Rogers

Gainesville was hoping to secure $10 million in grant funding to help with affordable housing in the city.