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Menlo Park Plan To Use Parking Lots For Housing Plan Stirs Debate Among Residents
The city has a plan to turn three city-owned parking lots downtown into developments with hundreds of units of affordable housing by 2031.
June 6, 2025
Menlo Park, one of the most affluent communities in the nation, is on the hook for nearly 3,000 units of housing by 2031, according to a state mandate. But how to get there is causing debate among residents of the city.
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The city is pushing forward with a plan to turn three city-owned parking lots downtown into developments with hundreds of units of affordable housing. It has been a part of the discussion of the city's housing element for a while, per housing advocates.
To Margarita Mendez, a teacher and longtime resident of Menlo Park, this is a good plan that is long overdue.
Find out what's happening in Menlo Park-Athertonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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