The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach Island is in talks to create workforce housing for its staff — making it a first-of-its-kind initiative in Palm Beach County.
The famous high-end hotel is one of the area's largest employers.
WLRNs Wilkine Brutus reports that this a response to concerns over high housing costs in the area and workers' struggling to live where they work.
"It’s a proposal to build a workforce housing campus on a vacant 1 acre site near Roosevelt Middle School in West Palm Beach. The average rent in Palm Beach Island is well over $10,000 a month and rent prices in West Palm Beach, nearby, hovers around $2,400 per month — and the financial burden just keeps growing."
No final decisions about the proposal have been made between the city, potential developers and the hotel.
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