07/18/2025
* Client Project Update* Pulte Homes
PulteGroup, working in partnership with the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), has broken ground on a for-sale workforce housing development.
*S.A.Nelson's Role on the Project Pulte Homes Cottage House District project*
{S.A. Nelson & Associates is/was proud to support the Cottage House District workforce housing project by leading community engagement, public communications, and local outreach strategies. Our team helped connect Boynton Beach residents to this vital homeownership opportunity, ensuring that families and essential workers had clear access to the information and resources needed to participate in the County's Workforce Housing Program.}
The Cottage House District will feature 41 single-family homes and townhouses, with prices starting at $234,000 for buyers who qualify through the county’s Workforce Housing Program. The buyers will be determined by a lottery conducted by the county. While the 22 townhouses will start at that price, the 19 single-family homes will start at $301,860 – about half the median home price in Palm Beach County. The required down payments will be less than 4%.
The townhouses will range from 1,547 to 1,555 square feet, while the single-family homes will measure from 1,447 to 1,822 square feet. The homes will be reserved for people making between 51% and 120% of area median income.
The median household income in Palm Beach County is $104,000, according to HUD.
Atlanta-based PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) acquired the 4.5-acre site at the northwest corner of Northeast First Street and Northeast Fourth Avenue, including 145 N.E. 4th Ave., from the CRA for $2.47 million in December 2024.
The homes should be completed in 2026.
“The Cottage District delivers much-needed, high-quality housing that is attainable for the local workforce — including first responders, teachers, health care professionals, government workers and others who serve our community,” said Brent Baker, president of PulteGroup’s Southeast Florida Division. “This will be our fourth workforce housing community in Palm Beach County in recent years, and the unique neighborhood further strengthens our relationship with local municipalities to address specific community needs.”
Palm Beach County has rules that require developers to create a certain number of workforce housing units when they build market-rate housing. PulteGroup is one of the most active home developers in the county, so it has started workforce housing projects to meet the requirements for its market-rate housing developments elsewhere in the county.
