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County hears developer plan for Missouri Gulch workforce housing; project aims for 65–100 units across two phases
Summary
Community Housing Works presented a preliminary proposal to build phased workforce housing at Missouri Gulch, proposing roughly 40–50 affordable units plus 25–30 middle‑market units, targeting 30–120% area median income and pursuing state TCC and other grant funding. Supervisors and residents asked about site infrastructure, ownership, local hiring and unit mix.
Community Housing Works (CHW) on Jan. 13 gave Mariposa County supervisors and residents a preliminary plan for workforce housing at Missouri Gulch, presenting a two‑phase project that would combine an affordable component and a middle‑market component and rely on state grants and tax credits rather than county general fund dollars.
CHW vice president Steve Swaziki said the developer is proposing ‘‘somewhere between 40 and 50 units’’ in the affordable phase and ‘‘25 to 30 units’’ for a middle‑market second phase. He and county planners said the county has secured a project‑development grant through the Strategic Growth Council’s Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) program to pay for engineering, permitting and design; securing construction funding would require further competitive grants and tax‑credit equity.
The proposal grew out of the county’s Integrated Mobility and Housing Strategy and a housing‑element site selection process that identified Missouri Gulch as a high‑scoring candidate. Planning staff and CHW said the governance committee includes local partner organizations (Sierra Foothill Conservancy, the school district, Yosemite National Park and…
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