Either you have to be Broke for the government to pay or all of your assets including the loans and house options noted above have to be collected and used up. 

Seek out regions with robust population growth, a variety of sectors, and job growth.Make contact with nearby property managers, real estate brokers, and other investors in the desired region.

You can get higher rents with this strategy and the government is paying most of your tenants rent money directly to you. 

This was his largest stock position in the homebuilder sector.

Does the government invests in cities?

It would be hard for the government to argue with the value e government put on them. 

The benefits of buying a primary or first time homebuyers is that rates are typically lower than investments because the governments incentives to buy houses even for 2-4units now.

Phase 1 - demo of a greenhouse sitting on part of the land - site utilities and 12-unit building turkey construction budget $2,043,100.00 -- $2,177,500.00The estimated rents would be approximately $1k per unit on average for mix 1 2 & 3 bedrooms- I feel like construction is so expensive and the market doesn’t support higher rents from what I’ve researchedShould I : 1) try to partner with the local government for affordable housing loans and grants?

There may also be the opportunity to sell the property or a completed building to the local government. 

:-) I've posted a similar post on a different forum (probably the wrong one) and haven't gotten any feedback so I'm hoping second time is the charm.I'm a CPA in the State of Maine with 12+ years in public and private accounting sectors.