More affordable homes are coming for people to live in Cape Coral and Fort Myers.
"I think it's a good thing. For people that need help in the, you know, low-income, to live. I think it's a good thing," said Lee County resident Donta Scury.
People are excited to hear Lee County is trying to build apartments for people on a tight budget.
"The population is increasing. They're building more condos and townhomes and stuff like that instead of better and more affordable housing, because a lot of people can't survive now, today, because the cost of living is going up, you know, and some people are still making minimum wage," said Scury.
Lee County commissioners moved forward on Tuesday on five projects. More than 100 apartments will be built in Cape Coral on Hancock Bridge Parkway, just down the road from Santa Barbara Blvd.
In Fort Myers, new complexes will be built on Hanson Street, Sister Brown Lane, and Martin Luther King Boulevard.
New Horizons on Summerlin Road will also receive grant money the county received after Hurricane Ian.
"Hurricane Ian had a large impact on our housing market in general. COVID, of course, you know, raised some housing prices here and increased the demand for housing, so that was further compounded by Hurricane Ian," said Jeannie Sutton, with Lee County Strategic Resources and Government Affairs.
"All the prices have gone up on, on the housing. And it's been really tough, a lot of homelessness out here. You know, it's been really tough for a lot of people to afford housing, I think, would be a great thing to happen," said Cape Coral resident Ricky Pagan.
The county said it plans on having 20 new housing projects in the works over the next two to three years.