Homes for America invited city and state officials to break ground for a new apartment complex geared towards people with low incomes. Photo credit: Wambui Kamau/WYPR.
Homes for America invited city and state officials to break ground for a new apartment complex geared towards people with low incomes. Photo credit: Wambui Kamau/WYPR.

A historic hilltop campus on the edge of two Baltimore neighborhoods is being transformed into affordable housing for families.

Homes for America (HFA) broke ground Friday on Clare Court II, an 83-unit development that sits in the Waverly and Ednor Gardens-Lakeside neighborhood.

The $31 million project is funded by a mix of public and private dollars. It will include a mix of new construction and renovated apartments for people earning 30% to 60% of the area’s median income.

Read more (and listen) at WYPR.