Site development of the first of four modular homes is set for Monday, July 22 in Chambersburg, Penn., with two of the three-bedroom two-story homes ready for occupancy Oct. 1 of this year. The goal of city officials is to encourage affordable homeownership in the Southgate area where millions of dollars have been spent in recent years for town homes and apartment buildings. The $580,000 project is a collaboration of non-profit Valley Community Housing Corp. along with the state and federal governments as well as F&M Trust, which will receive tax credits for lending to first-time home buyers who qualify for the opportunity to buy one of the homes. According to what publicoopiniononline reports to MHProNews, Pennsylvania Interfaith Community Programs, Inc will be marketing the homes in this town in south central Penn. So far, 20 families have shown an interest in buying a home.
