County pressed to move on offer for apartment complex
A chance to purchase more than 200 apartments and preserve what little remains of affordable housing has county leaders scrambling against a ticking clock to respond to an offer that would make the county a landlord.
An attorney representing Willow Lake Apartments, a 240-unit community outside Lake Worth, sent a letter to the county last week offering to sell the complex for almost $15 million, saying it “might be ideal for the county’s workforce housing program.”
“To me the price seemed kind of right,” said Commissioner Karen Marcus, who has met with north county cities in her district over the past year to discuss the shortage of inexpensive housing.