Nine government-owned properties became available for housing development, more is in the works
County and transportation officials announced Monday they have identified nine more properties where developers can begin building affordable housing.
“Access to affordable housing is at crisis levels right now,” Fletcher said. “We want to do everything we possibly can to find solutions, to find locations and find ways that we can invest in building affordable housing right here in San Diego County.”San Diego County and MTS officials are working together to identify land across the county that could be converted into affordable housing developments. They will be accepting proposals from developers to create affordable housing on the parcels.
The third county-owned property is vacant land located at 600-620 East Valley Parkway in Escondido, where the former North Inland Family Resource Center stood. Cooney says MTS has an additional 11 parcels that are either under contract or under negotiation to become affordable housing developments. The locations are onFletcher also said that county staff is expected to bring more county properties to the Board of Supervisors to request they be designated as surplus later this year.
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