Wake County Commissioners expressed concerns Monday about a controversial housing project and voted to table the issue.

CASA, a Raleigh non-profit developer, is seeking a $560,000 county grant to help purchase the Georges Mews Apartments off Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh.

CASA already received more than $900,000 in a City of Raleigh grant to support the project.

But many residents of the complex expressed concerns that they would be forced to leave if they earn more than $31,000.

CASA plans to turn all 26 units of Georges Mews into housing for people with disabilities and low incomes.

CASA said monthly rent would range between $400 and $600.

Residents of the surrounding Glenwood Brooklyn neighborhood also voiced concerns to the Board of Commissioners Monday that having affordable housing in the area would decrease property values.

"I think anybody in the real estate community will tell you it's going to have a negative impact on your property values," said neighborhood resident John Sanders.

Despite a majority of opposition at past public meetings, Monday's Wake County meeting including many people who spoke in favor of the project during the meeting's public comment portion.

"They are wonderful," said Martha Brock, who at one point said she needed to seek housing from CASA when she fell on hard times in the 1990s.

"They provide something in the community no one else provides," she said.

After the public comments, several commissioners raised questions about the project.

Commissioner Tony Gurley said the project would bring no new affordable housing units to Raleigh, instead it would transform already existing units.

"I'm concerned that this doesn't add any additional units," he said.

Commissioners then voted to table the vote until a later date.

Board of Commissioners Chairman Joe Bryan said the delay would give the City of Raleigh, which already approved its portion of funding, to revisit the issue if the City decided to.

Bryan said it's possible the City may want to hold another public hearing, because so much debate has been generated about the project since the City approved its portion of funding.

"I'd like for the city again to have the same opportunity to have all this information, because it's my understanding they didn't have this type of forum," Bryan said.

City spokesperson Jayne Kirkpatrick said after the meeting that it was unclear yet if the City would address the issue again.

Kirkpatrick said another public hearing could be discussed at Tuesday's regular City Council meeting.

Bryan said whatever the City decided to do, the Board of Commissioners will have to take a vote at some point after all commissioners have taken more time to consider the proposal.