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Gifford Neighborhood Plan Existing Conditions <br /> Housing <br /> y Single-Family Dwelling Units <br /> According to data from the Indian River County Property Appraiser's Office, there are 1,428 single-family dwelling units in the <br /> Gifford area. Of that total, 908 units or 64% are owner occupied. For owner occupied single-family dwelling units, the average lot <br /> size is 20,038 square feet, and the average assessed value is $55,519. For renter occupied single-family dwelling units, the average lot <br /> size is 14,375 square feet, and the average assessed value is $32,328. Table 3 breaks out the data into the three sub-areas of Gifford. <br /> Table 3: Single-Family Dwell ng Units <br /> Owner Occu ied Renter Occu ied <br /> Sub-Area #of Units Av . Lot Size Av . Assessed Value #of Units Avg. Lot Size Av .Assessed Value <br /> East Gifford 526 11,072 $31,246 447 10,753 $26,244 <br /> Central Gifford 196 23,720 $72,808 43 22,327 $56,086 <br /> West Gifford 186 56,759 $105,943 30 56,091 $88,929 <br /> Figure 5 displays the single-family development activity that has occurred in Gifford between 1996 and 2000. Between 1996 and <br /> 2000, 100 single-family homes were built in the Gifford area. This represents 3% of all of the single-family homes built in the entire <br /> unincorporated county area during that period. Within Gifford, the central area gained 45 new single-family homes during the last <br /> five years; the eastern area gained 42 new single-family homes; and the western area gained 13 single-family homes. <br /> Much of this new single-family development in Gifford, particularly in East Gifford, is due to the efforts of Habitat for Humanity of <br /> Indian River County, a local affiliate of the national non-profit organization. Incorporated in 1990, Habitat has built 22 homes in <br /> Indian River County in its first ten years. In 2001, Habitat increased its level of activity by platting the 12 lot Grace Oaks subdivision <br /> in Gifford. During that year, Habitat also constructed a home on each of the lots. Future plans are to increase construction activity to <br /> 20 to 30 homes a year (with 75% of those homes to be built in Gifford) by 2006. Habitat is currently in the process of developing the <br /> 22 lot Grace Pines subdivision in Gifford. <br /> Community Development Department Indian River County 13 <br />