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Staff: Desert Hot Springs recommended for $36.3M ASIC infrastructure and housing award

Desert Hot Springs Planning Commission · December 10, 2025

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Summary

City staff reported the Strategic Growth Council is recommending Desert Hot Springs for an Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (ASIC) award totaling $36.3 million—$11.2 million for infrastructure and $25 million for housing—if final selection is confirmed.

During the planning commission’s closing reports, the community development director told commissioners that staff recommended the city as a joint applicant with Abode Communities to receive an Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (ASIC) award from the Strategic Growth Council.

Staff said the recommended package includes $11.2 million for infrastructure work—remaking Pearson Boulevard downtown, adding a SunLine transit station, and new bike lanes—and $25 million for housing, for a combined total of $36.3 million. The city partnered with Abode Communities, the developer of Park Lane Homes, and staff noted Strategic Growth Council must still make final selections.

The director added that building and fire code updates adopted by the City Council will take effect and that building-permit and model-plan durations have been extended under recent state code adjustments (referencing AB 130). The director closed by wishing commissioners well for the holidays and noting the commission will not meet in January.