MIAMI-When the $100-million Brownsville Transit Village,developed by the Carlisle Development Group of Miami, breaks groundnext Wednesday, it will be one of the larger affordable housingdevelopments built in Miami. In the midst of the home foreclosurecrisis and credit tightening, stable affordable housing remains inhigh demand, says Jeanne Becker, a spokesman for the CarlisleGroup, who is the largest affordable housing developer inMiami-Dade County and Florida. The development will be partiallyfunded by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.

The Brownsville Transit Village is a five-phase urban-infill,mixed-income affordable housing development located next to aMiami–Dade Metro-Rail Transit station.The fact that it istransit-oriented, is only one of its green features. It will alsofeature high-efficiency lighting in units and common areas andtankless water heaters. The development will be built to conform tobasic LEED standards.

The 467-unit development is expected to generate 1900 jobs inthe local community, including construction and teaching jobs. Theteachers will be in charge of onsite classes, which will offerliteracy training and health and nutrition information, among othertopics.