New Sanford housing community was ‘a long time coming’

Monroe Landings Apartments will provide 60 new units for low-income people in its first phase, eventually expanding to include at least 250 one-, two- and three-bedroom units.

Monroe Landings replaces Lake Monroe Terrace, the previous affordable housing community onsite. Those apartments were demolished in 2013 after the Department of Housing and Urban Development deemed them uninhabitable. Former residents of Lake Monroe Terrace will have first choice to move into the apartments if they choose, according to developer Wendover Housing Partners.