Tax credit for affordable rental housing considered by state lawmakers
SOUTH JACKSONVILLE — Even with Social Security, her late husband’s pension as a former Jacksonville police chief and her own pension, Wanda Irlam says she would have a hard time paying rent for most two-bedroom apartments. “I think it would be very hard to find a place,” said Irlam, 84, a retired school food service worker who lives in the Jacksonville Affordable Housing development. “This is just a good place to live, and it’s very affordable and very safe.” Her $382-a-month rent, which covers water and sewer service in this Morgan County village adjacent to Jacksonville and 36...