Fearing an exodus of teachers headed for less expensive homes, a Santa Barbara schools committee is moving forward on a plan to use district-owned land to build affordable housing for faculty.
The 11 member advisory committee, formed seven months ago to investigate how to generate money from unused school property, recently submitted its proposal. School board members are likely to begin discussing it soon.
The site the committee has in mind is 23 acres in the unincorporated Goleta valley, west of San Marcos High School and just east of El Camino Junior High School. Under one scenario, school faculty would be able to purchase market-rate homes at half price with no down payment.
If the idea succeeds, the school district would be one of the first in the state to provide subsidized housing for teachers.
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Posted by gandlwoods at July 10, 2004 08:31 AM