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New voices raise alarm about housing needs
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The Enclave, a cluster of two-story townhouses in midtown Gainesville, stands over construction fencing along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in June. Steve McKibbon and business partner Robbie Robison plan to build 45 townhouses by investing more than $6 million to redevelop what they and others call one of the most blighted areas in Gainesville.
A young woman recently contacted the Newtown Florist Club about the difficulties she was having trying to find a place to live for her and her four children with a state-issued Section 8 rental assistance voucher. The frustrated young mother told Newtown Florist Club Executive Director Rose Johnson that nobody would accept her voucher. “Almost daily people call our office wanting to know whether or not we know where they can find a place to live,” Johnson said.