Sanford affordable housing project Legacy Square breaks ground with 19 homes
Legacy Square’s 19 homes are a tiny answer to Sanford’s housing crunch, even as Habitat for Humanity Seminole-Apopka launches a $7.2 million project at 718 Sarita St.
Habitat for Humanity Seminole-Apopka raised the first wall for Legacy Square in Sanford, opening a 19-home neighborhood that will add a small new supply of affordable ownership housing in Seminole County. The project sits at 718 Sarita St., south of West 25th Street near Grenada Avenue, and Habitat says it is meant to help qualified families buy homes in Historic Sanford.
The wall-raising ceremony began at 8 a.m. June 17, 2026, on the 3.23-acre site. Habitat describes Legacy Square as a $7.2 million public-private affordable housing project and says the development will serve as a model for how private-sector investment can help tackle the region’s housing shortage. The organization also pointed to Wharton-Smith’s financial contribution and investment in the neighborhood.
For families priced out of Seminole County’s housing market, the scale tells the story. Legacy Square will help nearly 20 households, but Seminole County has already approved $1.05 million in local funding for a separate affordable housing project in Sanford this year, a sign that local leaders are still trying to widen a narrow pipeline. Habitat says qualified families can apply for homeownership in Legacy Square, making the project less about rental relief and more about creating a path to ownership for households that meet the program’s standards.
The new Sanford project also lands against a broader backdrop of recent affordable housing work in the city. In April 2024, Somerset Landings Phase II opened in Goldsboro with 84 units for residents earning 35% to 60% of area median income. That development, along with the new county-backed project and Legacy Square, shows a growing local push, but also how modest the additions remain compared with the number of working families still competing for limited affordable options.
Legacy Square’s 19 homes will not solve Sanford’s housing pressure on their own. But the project gives Habitat for Humanity Seminole-Apopka another foothold in Historic Sanford, where every new affordable unit has become part of a larger fight over who gets to stay and buy in the county.
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