Beyond Housing Unveils New Affordable Housing Development In Pine Lawn
Date Posted: September 13, 2019
Posted In: Organizations, Projects,
From St. Louis Public Radio: Families are nearly settled into 41 new three-bedroom homes recently completed in Pine Lawn.
The $10.5 million Pine Lawn Manor, developed by Beyond Housing, is bringing more affordable housing to the north St. Louis County municipality. The community development corporation also built a $7 million development that includes 31 single-family three-bedroom homes in 2017.
President and CEO Chris Krehmeyer said affordable housing is critical for families that live in Pine Lawn and around the region. He said turning vacant lots into new homes helps bring communities back to life.
“It leads to higher property values, which leads to higher tax base, which leads to more resources for schools and police and all the other things,” Krehmeyer said.
The new homes sit along Beachwood and Oakwood avenues.
Beyond Housing owns more than 500 affordable housing units throughout St. Louis County, most of them single-family homes and almost all within the Normandy School District.
Krehmeyer said helping families get into an affordable, safe place to live gives them the “power of home,” and helps fuel better things.
“So our work, yes, is about building buildings, but quite frankly it’s really about serving families,” he said, “about serving single moms with kids and then offering them a variety of services and supports to allow them to live their best lives possible.”