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Disney’s Affordable Housing Plans Approved by Planning & Zoning Commission

September 24, 2024 Shannen Ace

Aerial view of a residential neighborhood surrounded by greenery, featuring houses, affordable housing, apartment buildings, a pond, roads, and nearby highways.

The Orange County Planning & Zoning Commission passed Disney’s affordable housing plans in a 5-1 vote, although some locals are pushing back against the project. Disney announced the affordable housing project in April 2022, earmarking 80 acres of land for development in the Horizon West area on Hartzog Road in Orange County, Florida. Following the … Read more

Walt Disney World Affordable and Attainable Housing Anticipated to Open in 2026

April 19, 2023 Justin Topa

Representatives of the Walt Disney Company have announced that groundbreaking on a new affordable and attainable housing development is set to take place next year, with the first units anticipated to be completed in 2026. The Walt Disney World Resort provided nearly 80 acres of land in Orange County to The Michaels Organization to build, own and operate an attainable housing development with 1,300 … Read more