Resources for Community Development

Two teams seeking the development opportunity at the North Berkeley BART station presented their credentials for public evaluation.

The new housing structures planned at People’s Park will add approximately 1,100 beds of on-campus, below-market housing to the UC Berkeley campus.

The Berkeley City Council voted to advance several affordable and supportive housing initiatives at a special meeting Dec. 14.

The People’s Park Council held a rally and street fair against UC People’s Park development plans outside Resources for Community Development offices.

The first of three open houses hosted by UC Berkeley Capital Strategies regarding the proposed housing project at People’s Park was interrupted by protesters opposing the development Feb. 10.

The Partnership for the Bay’s Future, with funding from other organizations, provided the city of Berkeley and the East Bay Community Law Center with a “challenge grant” and support to advance tenant protections and preserve existing affordable housing through policy changes.

UC Berkeley hired an architecture firm and a supportive housing developer to initiate the transformation of People’s Park into a housing complex — which will serve students and homeless community members. The construction is set to begin in two years and will be occupied by 2023, according to campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof.

Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt affordable housing recommendations brought forward by the NAACP and the Housing Advisory Commission.