Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons recently signed the city's first Affordable Housing Executive Order, vowing to add about 3,500 affordable housing units by 2033.
Reuters – July 20
From building sea walls to nurturing “living” seashores, an array of potential solutions to rising sea levels have been discussed by local authorities up and down the coast, but all are expensive and none had come up with a way of addressing the cost - until now. Under a proposed state bill, a “revolving” fund would be set up to provide soft loans for cities to buy vulnerable seaside properties from willing sellers, and then rent them back to the owners or tenants for as long as they remained habitable. The proposal has been billed as the first strategic attempt to address the task of moving coastal cities back from rising seas, and it could also help local government leaders maintain the stream of revenue with rental income.
San Joaquin County Fairgrounds targeted for affordable housing development
Under Governor Newsom s Excess Land for Affordable Housing Executive Order, 110 of the 250 acres of fairground land is expected to be developed Author: Kurt Rivera Updated: 6:35 PM PDT July 20, 2021
STOCKTON, Calif. Since 1860, the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and South Airport Way has been home to the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.
Now, it s being targeted for affordable housing. So this is a significant investment in Stockton, said Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln.
The project falls under Governor Gavin Newsom s Excess Land for Affordable Housing Executive Order.
110 of the 250 acres of fairground land will be turned into affordable housing and mixed use housing.
The state is planning to build affordable housing on a large swath of land at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.
According to a news release sent out Monday afternoon from the California Department of General Services, the state is asking for requests for qualifications for developers to throw their hats in the ring for a project that will build affordable housing units on around 110 acres of the fairgrounds more than 250 acres.
The county fairgrounds, in the 1600 block of Airport Way in southeast Stockton, was one of 19 excess state-owned real estate parcels previously identified by General Services as where development of affordable housing could be feasible and would help address regional underproduction. The project is partly in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom s efforts to spur housing development under the Excess Land for Affordable Housing Executive Order, the announcement said.