Real Estate
Affordable Apartments Under Construction In Castro Valley
Veterans, disabled, and homeless individuals and their families will receive priority for the majority of the apartments.
CASTRO VALLEY, CA — Ruby Street Apartments, a 72-unit affordable housing development, is under construction in Castro Valley.
The development is a mix of studio, 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom units that will be affordable to households earning 20 to 60 percent of the area median income.
One 2-bedroom unit is reserved for an on-site community manager.
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The project is four stories with two surface parking lots.
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The apartments will have a community room on the ground floor, a large residential courtyard with play structures and community gardens, and meeting spaces and private offices for resident services.
The development will also have direct access to the proposed San Lorenzo Creekway, a portion of which will be constructed concurrent with the development. The Creekway is an Active Transportation Corridor for walking and biking, which will connect communities in San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Ashland, Cherryland, Hayward and Castro Valley as it runs from the Bay to Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area.
According to Eden Housing, 15 of the units will be set aside for individuals and families experiencing homelessness that are earning no more than 20-percent of the area median income.
An additional 15 units will be for veterans through the VASH voucher program.
Another 10 units will be for people with disabilities through the Mainstream voucher project.
The remaining units will be available to any individuals or families who earn up to 60-percent of the area median income.
The development is at 22447 Ruby St. in Castro Valley. The land was acquired from Caltrans in partnership with the Housing Authority of the County of Alameda (HACA) using the Surplus Lands Act, a state law that requires public agencies to offer their surplus lands to public agencies and their partners to create housing for low-income Californians.
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