HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - The Huntsville city council approved $4.73 million in federal funding to support a redevelopment of the Huntsville Summit Apartments.

Huntsville Summit was built in 1979, and everyone who lives there is on a fixed income.

News 19 has documented the poor living conditions over the years: inoperable elevators, faulty air conditioning and heating units.

The local nonprofit, Neighborhood Concepts, has been working with the city to get this place fixed up.

City officials say that the more than $22 million investment in the redevelopment will create 100 new units for seniors and the disabled. Councilman Bill Kling said it’s time to get rid of the negative stigma surrounding the complex.

“I think that this is one of those times that we can all agree that money is be

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