Cape Coral’s first affordable housing community breaks ground

Digital rendering of the planned Civitas all-ages affordable housing development. Credit: Catalyst Asset Management

Civitas of Cape Coral, the city’s first attainable workforce housing development, broke ground Monday morning at 105 Civitas Court.

The project has been in the planning stages for about two years, clearing many hurdles along the way.

“There was a point of the product we were 99% sure, it may or may not happen,” Allen said. “There were some issues beyond our control, but we broke through the barriers and made it happen.”

The project is a collaboration between private and public entities coming together to address a need the community has been facing for years.

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