The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors learned in November that the cost of building a 24-unit workforce housing complex at Cooks Corner is continuing to increase in cost as the county waits for funding to appear.
Bay Aging’s Assistant Director of Multi-family Housing Development Allan Walker reported at the supervisors November regular monthly meeting that as of August 2024 the new bid amount to build the project is $5.9 million. This amount has increased since the last bid presented in 2022, which was $5.6 million.
The workforce housing project will provide “reasonably priced” rentable homes for school teachers, sheriff’s office personnel, low income families and other Middlesex County employees moving into the county who are seeking affordable housing.
