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Affordable Housing

Affordable housing development and assistance is a top priority for students, Aggie Square's neighbors and the Sacramento region. UC Davis, the City of Sacramento and Wexford Science + Technology have committed to developing more housing options as well as providing support to stabilize housing for existing residents. Below you will find additional information about how the commitments are being implemented. 

  • Learn more about the Affordable Housing Development and Assistance commitments

  • Below you will find information directly from the Aggie Square Community Benefits Partnership Agreement that applies to Affordable Housing Development and Assistance.
      

    1. (1) The parties recognize the need to address housing for students, Neighborhoods, and the Sacramento region. The City has identified housing as a key priority and will focus on development of additional housing and stabilization support for existing residents within the Stockton Boulevard and Aggie Square areas. The City shall provide a report on activities for residential stabilization and housing development pipeline to be made public semiannually. To achieve these housing goals, the parties shall implement the following strategies and initiatives:
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      1. (a) The City shall establish a Stockton Boulevard Affordable Housing Fund of at least $50 million to fund programs to assist in stabilizing the residential fabric and developing new housing around Aggie Square. The fund will include the following components:
        1. (i) $16 million present value ($29 million over 45 years) from Aggie Square EIFD revenues created by the new taxes generated by Aggie Square;  
           
        2. (ii) $29 million from the City and SHRA-administered affordable-housing resources (the allocation of these funds will require further approvals by the Sacramento City Council or SHRA, or by both);  
           
        3. (iii) $5 million affordable housing program funded with $2.5 million in philanthropic contributions and matched by $2.5 million over five years from UC Davis. The City shall coordinate this fund-raising effort with the assistance of UC Davis. The fund would be used specifically for anti-displacement efforts and residential-stabilization activities.  
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      1. (b) The City shall include, in the housing element of its general plan, policies to evaluate and mitigate displacement.
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      1. (c) The City shall work with community representatives to identify affordable housing needs and develop programs to stabilize existing residential uses around Aggie Square. These could include housing-rehabilitation programs, downpayment assistance, and a homelessness-prevention program in the area surrounding Aggie Square.  
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      1. (d) Wexford shall develop a minimum of 200 beds of housing in Aggie Square with the primary goal of addressing housing needs for undergraduate and graduate (includes medical and nursing) students and easing the demand for off-campus housing in Sacramento.
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      1. (e) UC Davis shall promote its website that highlights UC Davis employee discounts and offerings related to housing (e.g., reduction in closing costs), automobile purchases, and other services. 

     

Progress Summary
A group of people dig into the ground with shovels
September 2024
City, partners break ground on 113 affordable housing units in south Sacramento		Sacramento will soon be home to the San Juan Apartments (5700 Stockton Blvd.), a new development providing 113 new affordable housing units for working families.
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July 2025
First Students Move Into Aggie Square		UC Davis celebrated a milestone on June 27 with the grand opening of Anova Aggie Square, a six-story smart residential complex that brings on-campus student housing to its Sacramento campus for the first time.
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CLTRE KeepingCLTRE aims to advance housing equity at the individual level through three homeownership tracks.
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September 2024
City allocates over $1.1 million to boost housing stability programs near Aggie Square Campus		The Sacramento City Council approved over $1.1 million to extend two housing stability programs for eligible households along the Stockton Boulevard corridor near the UC Davis Aggie Square campus.
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August 2024
City commits additional funds to support Stockton Boulevard housing stabilization efforts		The Sacramento City Council this week approved an additional $500,000 to extend the Salvation Army’s housing-stabilization program for another year. The program aims to prevent homelessness for eligible households around the UC Davis Aggie Square innovation district.
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City approves $5 million to continue housing stability programs near Aggie Square campusThe Sacramento City Council this week approved $5 million from UC Davis to further implement housing stability programs for eligible households surrounding the Aggie Square campus.
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Stockton Boulevard Housing StabilizationAs part of the Stockton Boulevard area revitalization and the Aggie Square project, over $10 million will be available for a multi-year program of housing and financial support for residents living in the neighborhoods around the Stockton Boulevard corridor.
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December 2023
Dollars from Aggie Square anti-displacement fund equip residents to become homeowners		A course from CLTRE Keeper prepares low-income people from disadvantaged neighborhoods to become homeowners.
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August 2023
Empowering Homeownership with the CLTRE Keeper First Time Home Buyer Program		The CLTRE Keeper program is an intensive 8-week home buying program crafted exclusively for BIPOC entrepreneurs.
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August 2023
Empowering Homeownership with the CLTRE Keeper First Time Home Buyer Program		A new service that provides homeownership resources to city residents with the goal of supporting underserved communities and entrepreneurs of color.
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May 2023
City of Sacramento Creates Emergency Home Repair Program for Income-Eligible Homeowners		Eligible households may qualify for up to $15,000 in one-time funding to complete needed repairs.
Rendering of Aggie Square
February 2023
Sacramento City Council Approved Housing-Assistance Programs for Stockton Boulevard Corridor		Two hundred housing units are currently under construction and another 500 will be coming soon.
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October 2022
Sacramento City Council Approves $35 Million in Funding for 820 New Affordable Housing Units		The new units are expected to open in late 2023 through the end of 2024.
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May 2023
Habitat for Humanity - Rock the Block Oak Park		Rock the Block Oak Park 2023 leveraged almost 4,800 volunteer hours and over $385,000 in funding into 14 home repair projects, 11 community investment projects, and other projects throughout the Oak Park community. Click the link to the left to learn more about qualifying for Rock the Block 2024.
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Habitat for Humanity - Our Homeownership and Home Repair ProgramsLearn more about how Habitat for Humanity partners with qualified families and individuals to build or repair the place they call home.
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Salvation Army - Family Services and Homelessness Prevention ProgramLearn more about how the Salvation Army offers to our Sacrament community. Programs are based on residence, income qualifications and availability of funding.
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Step Up and City of Sacramento - Housing Stabilization ProgramStep Up and the City of Sacramento offer temporary financial assistance and housing stabilization services necessary to maintain their current housing or assistance in finding new housing to participants living in these zip codes 95817, 95820, 95824, or 95828. 

 

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