New Bradenton apartment complex meets need for affordable housing

The Sandpiper in south Manatee is for households with lower incomes.

Apartment rents in Bradenton-Sarasota are sky high, and are continuing to climb. It’s almost as expensive to rent here as it is Miami.

Some builders have recognized the need at the lower end of market and with the help of government assistance, have started building new places where waitresses, medical assistants and other working people with lower incom…