Newly Built Affordable Housing Opens In Castro Valley

CASTRO VALLEY, CA — Eden Housing welcomed residents to the new Crescent Grove Affordable Housing Development in Castro Valley earlier this month. According to Eden Housing, the project serves individuals and families experiencing homelessness, veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Crescent Grove is a 72-unit affordable housing development. Amenities include a community room, a large residential courtyard with play structures and community gardens, and meeting spaces and private offices for resident services.

The development includes many green features, such as all-electric construction and rooftop solar panels, and is targeting GreenPoint Rated Platinum. The project also features a centralized heat pump hot water heater and on-site electric vehicle charging. Planned features include electric car sharing and a free bike share program.

The development is a mix of studio, 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom units that are affordable to households earning 20 to 60 percent of the area median income.

Eighteen of the units are set aside for individuals and families experiencing homelessness who are earning no more than 20 percent of the area median income.

An additional 15 units are for veterans through the VASH voucher program, and another 10 units for people with disabilities through the Mainstream voucher project.

The site 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.

Eden donated an adjacent parcel to the Hayward Area Recreation District (HARD) for the creation of a pocket park.

Eden also recently donated an adjacent three-acre parcel to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led land trust. The Land Trust will restore the creek land and is supported by a perpetual endowment dedicated to the ongoing care and preservation of the site.

The project was funded by:

• The County of Alameda
• Housing Authority of the County of Alameda
• California Department of Housing and Community Development
• National Equity Fund
• Silicon Valley Bank
• Regional Center of The East Bay and Department of Developmental Services
• Housing Trust Silicon Valley
• Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco

Learn more about affordable housing programs at www.edenhousing.org.