Governor Newsom, in partnership with the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC), recently announced $757 million in funding through the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program to create more affordable housing and clean transportation in walkable neighborhoods with a high concentration of jobs.
The City is pleased to announce that the future “3900 Thornton” affordable housing project in Fremont’s Centerville area has been selected as an awardee and will receive $45.8 million in AHSC funding. This project, which is led by nonprofit affordable housing developer Resources for Community Development (RCD), will transform an underutilized vacant lot into a sustainable building with 128 affordable homes. Approximately $4.3 million of the AHSC grant will go towards promoting clean transportation in Fremont by supporting the Centerville Complete Streets project and improvements to the Centerville Train Station. Another $6 million of the grant will go to the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission to replace an outdated Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) diesel locomotive with a modern zero-emission locomotive.
To learn more about the AHSC grant, read the State’s press release. To learn more about the “3900 Thornton” affordable housing project, visit RCD’s webpage. To learn more about affordable housing in Fremont, visit the City’s Affordable Housing webpage.