Helene Apper News Today

A 10-acre, 216-unit apartment complex, which some call low-income housing and others work-force housing, came one step closer to becoming a reality when the Rio Rancho Governing Body, in a vote of 6 to 1, approved the project’s initial site plan application at its August 11 meeting.

A developer and the City of Rio Rancho are headed for a fight with some residents of Vista Entrada.Many of the residents of the subdivision are adamant: They don’t want what they consider to be low-income housing in their neighborhood.