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New affordable housing development comes to the Bay Area

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New affordable housing development comes to the Bay Area

The two phase project will provide 100 affordable units total.


By David Malone, Associate Editor | June 29, 2020
Fetters apartments and Celestina Gardens apartments

Fetters Apartments (left) and Celestina Gardens Apartments (right). Photos courtesy MBH Architects.

MBH Architects, in collaboration with Jon Worden Architects, has designed a new affordable housing project that provides low-cost rentals low-income families and seniors in the heart of Sonoma County.

The first phase of the development is Fetters Apartments, which will comprise 60 units spread across five buildings. One-, two-, and three-bedroom layouts will be available. A sixth building will act as a community space and feature amenities such as a communal kitchen, computer lab, laundry room, and a classroom for after school programs. A shared garden and a school playground help to link residents while a public bike and pedestrian trail encourages outdoor activities.

 

See Also: New HQ for Chinese tech supplier will feature gardens on every floor

 

Celestina Garden Apartments, the project’s second phase, provides 40 affordable units for low income seniors. Eight of these units are reserved for homeless seniors and seniors displaced by the 2017 Sonoma County wildfires.

 

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