PUSH Buffalo has started work on its West Side Homes project that will see 49 apartments built on scattered sites. The $21 million affordable housing development encompasses the substantial rehabilitation of two buildings and the new construction of eleven buildings. The new buildings are being constructed on 17 vacant lots.
Shown here, a two-story building is being constructed at the northwest corner of Rhode Island and Fargo avenues would include commercial and residential space. The first floor will have 1,010 sq.ft. of commercial space fronting Rhode Island Avenue with two two-bedroom apartments behind it. The recessed second floor will also have two two-bedroom apartments.
State financing for West Side Homes includes Federal and State Low-Income Housing Tax Credits that will generate $12 million in equity and an additional $3.3 million in subsidy from New York State Homes and Community Renewal. The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is providing $3.6 million from the Homeless Housing Assistance Program. NYSERDA awarded $362,620 in Round Two of the Buildings of Excellence program and $124,000 through the New Construction-Housing program. The City is providing $500,000.
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