A new rental housing option may soon be coming to Perry but this one is about more than just having a roof over your head.

The City Council approved a preliminary plat of survey request for the Casalina Chateau Plat at their meeting Monday.  This comes after Capax Infinity Housing has expressed interest in building three affordable housing duplexes near Pattee Park and the elementary school.

City Administrator Sven Peterson says it’s a very interesting project.

“Mostly before this project they’ve done rental assistance and supportive services for residents but this is their first go at a physical building and being landlords.  This one is really great because post placement in their housing, they offer supportive services to their residents.  So they’ll be helping them register for school, find transportation and other resources within the community.  So it will be great to have that follow up assistance with the families in that housing.”

Peterson says Capax is hoping to get started this fall but it may be spring before they are able to break ground on the project.