(UPDATE) Aug. 6, 2011 Richmond American has taken down all the floorplans and brochures for tangerine crossing from their website.
Tangerine Crossing is a premier Richmond American Community. It will be a gated community.
There are three Richmond American Communities at Tangerine Crossing
Tuscany
Tuscany has 5 home designs to choose from. They are all with a 2 car garage.
The homes range in size from the Cortona at 1550 sq.ft. at $269,990 to the Volterra at 2,950 sq.ft. at $333,990.
Sterling
Sterling also has 5 home designs to choose from. They have 3 models with a 3 car garage. The homes range in size from the Celina at 1,900 sq. ft. at $324,900 to the Yorkshire at 4,100 sq. ft. at $431,990.
Premier
Currently the Tuscany and Sterling Communities are for sale.
Tangerine Crossing
N Thornydale Rd & W Tangerine Rd Tucson, AZ
Master planned community with open space, trails and recreational amenities.
Property Size 300 Acres
Property Units 389 single-family residential lots and a 23-acre retail center.
Property Location
Northwest Tucson metropolitan area at Tangerine Road and Thornydale Road.
Here is a flyer on the 23-acre retail center The Shoppes at Tangerine Crossing
That’s nice, but what I want to know is, where do people in Tucson live if they earn minimum wage, i.e. where’s the affordable housing?
Terry,
It is difficult. I don’t know of many options for home ownership anywhere in the country for those making just minimum wage.
Affordable housing is hard to come by but not impossible. There are good programs for first time homebuyers.
Is it not possible to create affordable ownership opportunities for people earning minimum wage?
I figured that those who live in unsubsidized housing are bearing the carrying costs, and if they can rent it, it should be ownable for the same price or less.
Since nobody else seems to be doing it, I want to step up the the plate and create a revolution in home ownership.
For those who may be wondering, I do not see home ownership as a ticket to wealth and an eventual windfall for low earners (that era is probably over).
I see home ownership for low earners as a crucial defensive position to lock in or stabilize housing costs – something low earners need desperately but cannot do today.
Terry,
I agree with you completely. I was a miminum wage earner when I bought my first home, it was a mobile home. I paid it off in a couple of years of eating pea soup over rice and working hard.
When I sold that home, I had enough for a down payment on a starter home. Three years later I sold that home, more soup and hard work.
I know what you are talking about. I’ve been there. My children are there now.
Start the revolution. If you need a website or better yet a blog to give the revolution voice. Say so, I’ll create it for you for free.
I don’t know how the last paragraph will work since we have so many coming from parts of the country where housing much more expensive than here. To those Tucson is affordable housing now.
That said there is no reason not to persevere.
There are lots of areas that are very affordable for low income people in Tucson. But you have to compromise in three possible ways. One, buy small – small condo, or very small house. Two, buy in a less desirable neighborhood. There are plenty of areas close to downtown that aren’t bad, but don’t have all the shiny bmw’s. Just normal folks. Three, go out of town to a more rural area. Parts of Marana or Avra Valley. You can buy a home in Tucson on $10/hour, but you have to be ready to compromise.