Oakland, California: Casa
Arabella Adds Affordable Housing to Fruitvale Station
HUD User publishes a series of case studies
based on federal, state, and local strategies that increase affordable housing
opportunities and support sustainable community development. The projects and
community development efforts featured in these reports have demonstrated
innovation through a multitude of partnerships and initiatives.
Opened in 2019, Casa
Arabella transforms a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) parking lot into 94
units of affordable housing primarily serving low-income families in Oakland,
California’s most diverse neighborhood. Casa Arabella marks the second
phase of Fruitvale Transit Village, a transit-oriented development designed to
connect the Fruitvale BART station with neighborhood amenities such as a bike
trail, a medical clinic, a library, and shopping. Two local nonprofits, The
Unity Council and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, partnered on the
project to ensure that minority families vulnerable to the forces of
gentrification spurred by public transit investments can remain in the
neighborhood and part of their existing social network that developed over
generations.
Visit HUD User’s Case Studies
page to learn more about affordable housing and to view other innovative
community revitalization strategies.
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