Berkeley Affordable Housing Organization Proposes Units For Vets

BERKELEY, CA — A project to build 30 affordable apartment units for veterans in downtown Pittsburg is being revived with some minor changes.

On Tuesday, the Pittsburg Planning Commission will hear from officials with Berkeley-based Satellite Affordable Housing Associates, who have submitted a proposal for a three-story apartment building at 901 Los Medanos St., with five parking spaces on site and 25 more across the street.

That parking arrangement marks a change from plans the Planning Commission approved in June 2011 that included a parking structure. The project was never built because of funding difficulties, and the "structured"
parking made the project more expensive, a Pittsburg city staff report says.

Twenty-seven of the 30 apartments would have one bedroom; two would have two bedrooms; and one would be a studio unit. The Planning Commission is expected to see a presentation on the project and provide initial comments.

Tuesday's Pittsburg Planning Commission meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers at 65 Civic Ave.

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