Letter: The way to go

Collier County took a step forward in responding to the tremendous need for affordable housing at Tuesday’s County Commission meeting.

I’d like to thank our five county commissioners for their favorable, unanimous vote on four developments that will provide much needed affordable housing in Collier County. The actions will result in 76 gap units and 111 low-income units in the Naples area and 162 very low-income units in Immokalee.

Thanks also to the excellent job the Daily News has done in showing the importance of affordable housing.

Of course, much more needs to be done to eliminate substandard housing. The only objective study of the need for affordable housing, conducted by the University of Florida Schimberg Center, cites a need for 30,000 units in Collier County. We at Habitat for Humanity will continue to lead the effort to build simple, decent homes until substandard housing becomes socially, morally and politically unacceptable.

Sam Durso, M.D./President, Habitat for Humanity of Collier County