The houses, identical to the market-rate units, will be scattered through the development and cost around $200,000.

Many developers simply absorb the costs, adding them into the price of their market-rate units.

The market-rate units at the $22 million project will be priced from $300,000 and up.

AT both, most of the market-rate units will have two bedrooms.

Reaction from buyers of the market-rate units has been positive.

The market-rate units, which will be identical, are to rent for $2,000, $2,250 and $2,500.

Prices for the market-rate units range from $259,000 to $661,550.

The financing also helped lower rents on the market-rate units, he added.

Monthly rents for the market-rate units will be $2,400 to $3,400.

The market-rate units are expected to rent initially for about $29 a square foot a year.