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Developer seeks changes to Dublin's 300-unit affordable housing project; San Leandro eviction moratorium extension returns; Buzz in Fremont over proposed beekeeping rules

Rendering of the proposed 300-unit, exclusively affordable housing project, on Golden Gate Drive in Dublin, near the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.

CITY NEWS

DUBLIN

—A 300-unit affordable housing project in Dublin, originally proposed by BRIDGE Housing, and adjacent to the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station, is seeking changes to its 2021 agreement. Because of funding and rising construction costs, the Dublin City Council on Tuesday night will decide whether to allow the developer to “modify the project phasing and affordability.”

—The project is still proposed to be 300 units and now includes The Related Companies of California, LLC, a for-profit affordable housing developer. The plan’s proposal includes splitting the project into two phases, along with two subphases, while asking the city front a $4.3 million loan from the affordable housing funds previously allocated to the project.

—In addition, the developer wants to move the entire Alameda County Measure A-1 affordable housing bond funds for the project to the construction’s first phase.

—According to a city staff report, the average affordability level of the proposed initial phase will increase, citing the developer’s uncertainty about the “availability of project-based vouchers from Alameda County for permanently supportive housing for extremely low-income households.” Conversely, during the proposed second phase it will decrease.

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