The county commissioners have restated their support of two affordable-housing projects in the southwestern corner of the county, and they are urging two housing agencies to do the same.

Letters signed by the commissioners were sent in early January to the state Housing Finance Agency and the Butler County Housing Authority.

The Jan. 5 letter to the state Housing Finance Agency states the commissioners “strongly support” a development that would see an income-restricted, three-story, 36-unit building for those age 55 and older built on Garden Drive in Adams Township.

Commissioners pledged a 30-year, $250,000 interest-free loan to the project if the development is approved for partial funding by the state agency.

Adams Township supervisors at their September meeting agreed to forward a letter to the state Housing Finance Agency stating that the development would meet township ordinances.

“It would be for folks who couldn’t afford to stay in the township if they didn’t have a facility like this,” Brett Schultz of Weaver Master Builders told supervisors in September.

Schultz said on Wednesday that the state agency has been making inquiries about the development, which he feels could be a good sign that the state may approve the project for partial funding.

It is not known what amount the state would grant for the Adams development. An approximate cost for the Adams development is not yet available.

The commissioners sent a similar letter of support to the county housing authority regarding the proposed addition of 30 affordable-housing units at Rolling Road Regency Apartments in Cranberry Township.

Commissioners said they would grant an interest-free, 30-year loan of $300,000 toward the $4.6 million project if the authority approves partial funding.

County commissioners chairman Bill McCarrier said Wednesday that area seniors dealing with increasing prices and unchanging incomes must be cared for by the county.

“We want to do whatever we can to help them live a good life in their remaining years,” McCarrier said.