Planning for Healthy and Sustainable Cities: National City Offers A Model

摘要

When the California Strategic Growth Council and Department of Housing and Community Development announced in early 2015 that $120 million was available in Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities grant funds, staff at many local agencies were excited about the opportunity. After several rounds of applications, only two cities were awarded a grant as the lead applicant; the rest of the funds went to nonprofit organizations and housing developers. National City (pop. 59,381), located 5 miles south of downtown San Diego, received $9.2 million for its Paradise Creek Affordable Housing Project, an infill transit-oriented development that will add more than 200 affordable housing units to the city's Old Town area.