ECISD Tackles Housing Shortage with $3.25M Downtown Project - CBS 7

Many districts are seeing a shortage in housing, which they say translates to a shortage in teachers and with enrollment expected to grow The Ector County Independent School District says they need to do something about it before the issue hits the quality of education.

So in a 6 to 1 vote on Tuesday board members decided to join the Medical Center Hospital, The Texas Tech Health and Science Center and the Odessa Housing Corporation in a $27 million project that would build a 234 unit apartment complex.

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