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Council selects Alta Housing for 100% affordable Lot T project; directs resident-only parking scenario and asks for up-to-seven-story plan
Summary
Palo Alto's City Council on Jan. 21 selected Alta Housing as the city's nonprofit partner to pursue a 100% affordable project on city-owned Lot T (Kipling & Lytton) and directed staff to negotiate an exclusive agreement under a resident-only on-site parking scenario.
The Palo Alto City Council on Jan. 21 selected Alta Housing as the city's preferred nonprofit development partner to create a 100% affordable housing project on city-owned Lot T at Kipling and Lytton avenues, and gave staff preliminary direction on parking, height and unit mix.
Staff presented two refined proposals received in October 2024 from Alta Housing and MidPen Housing. The site is roughly 20,000 square feet (about a half acre) and currently provides 52 public surface parking spaces; staff said peak occupancy in recent counts was about 40–45 percent. Each developer submitted conceptual plans under three parking scenarios: (A) resident-only on-site parking (no public replacement on-site), (B) partial on-site public parking replacement plus resident parking, and…
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