Preliminary permits have been filed for a new affordable housing development at 2500 76th Avenue in Eastmont, Oakland. The project will replace a large vacant parcel with senior housing close to the Eastmont Town Center. Alameda County-based Eden Housing is the project sponsor.
Eden Housing’s proposal is just the latest in a growing list of plans to reshape the many vacant parcels around Eastmont Town Center, a shopping mall and social services hub serving East Oakland. Just last week, YIMBY covered plans filed by V23 Investment LLC for 82 units of affordable housing at 8301 MacArthur Boulevard.
2500 76th Avenue, image via Google Street View
In the pre-application, Eden Housing writes that their goal for the 77th and Bancroft Avenue project is to “create an inclusive, collaborative, and equitable community for senior residents in Oakland.”
Tentative details have been shared to give an initial look at how the vacant parcel may be reshaped. The application describes that at least 90 units will be introduced to the parcel. The future complex hopes to provide a “walkable community, designed to promote engagement and connection through interconnected ‘yards.’” Outdoor space will be a main character for the project, with a frontyard to serve as community space for events, an entry courtyard connecting to social spaces, and a second-level backyard furnished with seasonal gardens.
California Affordable Housing Initiatives is listed as the property owner. CAHI is an arm of the Oakland Housing Authority that administers project-based Section 8 contractors from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The roughly 0.75-acre property is located along Bancroft Avenue between 76th and 77th Street. The site is a couple blocks away from Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center, and four blocks from the Eastment Town Center.
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I would like to know how to apply for one of the affordable affordable housing units on 76th and Bancroft or 8301 MacArthur.. I would like to apply for one of senior units at either of these places
Excellent , Seniors need more housing , will bring jobs and stabilize a area should be able to thrive . Hope this could be an anchor and a beginning of a revitalization of Mac Arthur from 73 rd Ave to 78 th Ave corridor