W.B. Homes president Chris Canavan recently appeared before Middletown Township supervisors to request a zoning “tweak” that would allow the developer to build 34 units — more than what is permitted under current zoning — on the former Knights of Columbus property in the Levittown section of the township. The developer has joined forces with Habitat for Humanity to set aside six townhomes for “attainable housing” at the four-acre property. The requested zoning ordinance change allows for more homes to be constructed as long as 20% are priced for a homebuyer with an annual income under the gross median in Bucks County, which is currently $114,700. Canavan said the proposal allows for the reuse of an underdeveloped property as well as affordable housing. Habitat for Humanity would purchase the units from W.B. Homes for about half of what W.B. will sell the other units for, officials said. Habitat would retain ownership of the land, which will allow it “to sell to another income-qualified household,” according to Florence Kawoczka, CEO of Bucks County Habitat for Humanity. Both the Bucks County and Middletown Township planning commissions support the zoning change. A full proposal is anticipated at the board’s next meeting in February.
Source: Bucks County Courier Times; 1/15/2025