The university said its commitment to build supportive housing on the 2.8 acre park remains “unwavering”
The developer slated to build permanent supportive housing for UC Berkeley’s controversial project at People’s Park has backed out, after ongoing lawsuits jeopardized crucial federal funding late last year.
, which were originally greenlit by the UC Regents in September of 2021. The judges ruled that UC Berkeley failed to adequately study how noise from tenants would impact on the surrounding neighborhood and justify why it could not meet self-prescribed, non-binding housing goals without demolishing the storied park.
UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the university regrets losing RCD’s partnership, but will work to secure a new developer to bring that element of the project to fruition — in addition to open green space, commemoration of the site’s storied past and “urgently” needed student housing. Only 23% of students at UC Berkeley live in university housing — the lowest rate across all UC campuses.
Councilmember Rigel Robinson, who represents the park in District 7, said it is imperative that the city maintains that investment for whichever affordable housing partner takes over the project in the future. “The fruits of their labor are that it will be harder and take longer to build the affordable housing our community so desperately needs.”
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