Plans for a 100% affordable housing project on Redwood City’s Middlefield Road have been submitted for review to the city’s Planning Department earlier this month.
Sand Hill Property Company, applicant behind the project proposal, is looking to build a 94-unit residential building at 1304 Middlefield Road. The 30,415-square-foot, seven-story tall building would include a mix of unit sizes from studios to two-bedroom apartments, a community room with a kitchen, computer lab, a multiuse wellness space, outdoor gathering area with a community garden and offices for property management and residents services.
Under Senate Bill 35, legislation approved in 2017 encouraging and supporting affordable housing development, the application would qualify for a streamlined ministerial review process.
If approved and built, all units would be listed for rent at the “low” affordability level, or 80% or below the area median income. As of 2022, AMI for a household of one is $116,200 and around $166,000 for a household of four meaning units would be available to a household of one making around $106,200 or a household of four with an income of $149,100, according to the city’s website.
Glad to see the reporting included the fat that a single person will need to be earning $106,000 to obtain a studio or 1Br apartment. By the time it's built, the AMI will be much higher and so will the eligibility amount. Affordable housing needs to not be tied to AMI in such an expensive area. Get real. A senior on social security won't qualify nor will most average workers.
I am wondering: Does Rise Church continue to own the underlying land? Who will own the buildings? How will Rise Church and other homeless groups who have been using the property for food distribution be involved in this project?
Who will oversee safe and compassionate management such as the St. Francis Center properties?
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Glad to see the reporting included the fat that a single person will need to be earning $106,000 to obtain a studio or 1Br apartment. By the time it's built, the AMI will be much higher and so will the eligibility amount. Affordable housing needs to not be tied to AMI in such an expensive area. Get real. A senior on social security won't qualify nor will most average workers.
I am wondering: Does Rise Church continue to own the underlying land? Who will own the buildings? How will Rise Church and other homeless groups who have been using the property for food distribution be involved in this project?
Who will oversee safe and compassionate management such as the St. Francis Center properties?
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