Work starts on 80-unit affordable housing project in Largo

The apartments for seniors are part of Pinellas County’s redevelopment of the Rainbow Village public housing community.

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The 80-unit Heritage Oaks apartments are being built to replace older public housing units.

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Newstar Development and the Pinellas County Housing Authority have begun construction on an affordable housing community for senior citizens on the site of a public housing development in Largo.

The community, Heritage Oaks, will be made up of 80 apartments at 12455 130th Ave. N.

According to a statement, Heritage Oaks will replace 48 older public housing units with modernized one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. The units will be reserved for senior citizens who earn 60% or less of the area’s median income.