Construction begins on St. John affordable housing project $20 million Bellevue Village duplex community will offer lower rents to qualified applicants

By TIM FIELDS
Thursday, June 24th 2004

Florida-based Reliance Housing Foundation began construction Wednesday on 36 affordable housing units in Estate Bellevue, St. John.

Reliance's $20 million Bellevue Village project off Gifft Hill Road will offer 72 duplex units to qualifying renters. Rents will be set at $524 for an 849-square-foot one-bedroom unit and $722 for a 1,479-square-foot four-bedroom unit. The project will be finished in early 2005.

"Affordable housing is overdue on St. John," said Bernadette Crummer, St. Thomas office manager for Reliance, a nonprofit affordable housing provider.

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