Ability Housing, a nonprofit developer of affordable multifamily housing across Florida, today announced the appointment of Paula Naugle Bides, MPA, as the organization’s Chief of Strategy & Development. Bides brings decades of experience in healthcare, nonprofit leadership and community engagement to support Ability Housing’s robust growth strategy

As leaders across Central Florida continue to focus on building more rental housing to meet rising demand, 96 new affordable apartment homes will soon be coming to the Pine Hills community in Orlando. Earlier today, representatives from Ability Housing, the City of Orlando, Orange County and other community partners broke ground on Village of Pine Hills, a new-construction apartment development designed to provide quality, affordable housing for local families. The development is located on approximately nine acres at 5121 North Pine Hills Road.

Representatives from Ability Housing, St. Johns County, the City of St. Augustine, the West Augustine Community Development Corporation (CDC), Bank of America and the National Equity Fund today celebrated the completion of the Villages of New Augustine with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The 92-unit apartment community, located at 280 N. Volusia Street in St. Augustine

 Ability Housing and United Way of Northeast Florida are developing new partnerships, systems and programs to address local housing challenges, thanks to a combined $650,000 in philanthropic funding from ​​JPMorganChase. The  nonprofit organizations recently received capacity-building grants as part of the bank’s $40 million in philanthropic support to improve housing affordability across the country.

Construction has officially begun at the Village at Lake Forest, transforming a former school property into 120 affordable apartment homes. This new development features a first-of-its-kind partnership to provide dedicated housing for local educators and an on-site early learning center for the Northside community.

Ability Housing, a nonprofit developer of affordable multifamily housing across Florida, today announced the appointment of Reggie Fullwood as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. Fullwood is an accomplished executive with deep roots in the affordable housing industry