Summary
The Housing Authority just got state sign-off on its environmental mitigation plan after a 12-month delay. The project grows 55 old units into 900+ mixed-income homes; council members pressed on how transferred residents will understand their new subsidies and on property management treatment of seniors.
At a glance
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- Last 30 days
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 5, 2026.
Impact analysis
Roughly $19 million city commitment — the last of the housing bond funds to DHA — for a 900+ unit redevelopment.
Former Forest Hills Heights residents with right of return and future low-income households gaining mixed-income housing downtown.
Residents transferred from other DHA properties face relocation, and senior residents of DHA-managed properties have raised treatment concerns.
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