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Council sets aside $3 million for Mary Avenue Villas after months of advocacy for housing for people with IDD
Summary
The Cupertino City Council voted to commit $3 million from the city's below-market-rate housing fund to the Mary Avenue Villas project, which would create affordable units including 19 homes set aside for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Council also allocated $1,083,200 to the Eden Housing/Wolf Road project.
The Cupertino City Council on April 15 approved a funding package that commits $3 million in city below-market-rate (BMR) housing funds to the Mary Avenue Villas project, a proposed affordable housing development that includes 19 units targeted to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Council simultaneously approved an allocation of $1,083,200 to the Eden Housing Wolf Road project.
The housing item came as part of the council's funding recommendations for the next fiscal year. Ben Fu, director of community development, and Nikki Vu, senior housing coordinator, presented the staff report and explained the Housing Commission's recommendations and how the requested funds would be distributed across several housing programs. "Our recommended action for you tonight is to approve the funding recommendations as made by the Housing…
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