After years of planning, negotiation and delays, construction will soon begin on a $9.7 million project that will give eight Bolinas families an opportunity to buy affordable housing in the center of town. 

A few routine county permits are still pending, but Habitat for Humanity and the Bolinas Community Land Trust, which have teamed up on the project, expect to break ground as early as September, according to Maureen Sedonaen, chief executive officer of…