Groups get Urbana lots to build affordable housing
URBANA – The city council voted Tuesday to convey three city-owned lots to not-for-profit groups that want to build affordable homes on them, including a lot that currently houses a mini-park across the street from King Elementary School.
Council members voted to convey the mini-park lot, at 1201 W. Beslin St., and a lot at 1405 1/2 W. Beslin to Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County, and a third lot at 901 N. Division Ave. to Ecological Construction Laboratory for Affordable Housing Development.
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