TO: CRA Board of Commissioners
FROM: Christine Tibbs, Assistant Director
THROUGH: Renée A. Jadusingh, Esq., Executive Director
DATE: January 27, 2026
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UPDATE ON CRA-OWNED LOTS FOR AFFORDABLE/WORKFORCE HOUSING
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Update on CRA-owned vacant lots identified for affordable/workforce housing and authorize CRA Staff to update the CRA GIS Property Map with additional CRA-owned vacant lots identified for the potential development of affordable/workforce housing.
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Background:
At the August 22, 2023, the CRA Board Meeting, CRA Board approved the following properties to be included as part of the inventory of properties owned by the CRA that would be appropriate for the development of affordable housing in compliance with Sections 125.379 and 166.0451, Florida Statutes (also known as the Live Local Act). This Statute requires each county and municipality to prepare an inventory list of all real property within its jurisdiction to which the county or municipality or any dependent special district within its boundaries holds fee simple title which is appropriate for use as affordable housing (and thereafter update the list every three (3) years).
CRA Staff reviewed CRA-owned properties that would be appropriate for the development of affordable housing to send to the City of Delray Beach for inclusion in the City’s inventory list (Initial list - August 2023; Updated list - January 2025).
This list below includes updates on properties that are included on our list and proposed additional vacant lots to be added if the CRA Board approved the same.
· 256 NW 8th Avenue (PCN 12434617250020310)
o This PCN includes one (1) vacant lot.
o Zoned: R-1-A Single Family Residential
o Current Status: On March 12, 2025, the CRA and the Delray Beach Community Land Trust entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the lot that includes the development and sale of one (1) single-family home. The property is currently going thro...
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