Riverside has asked the state of California’s to help it convert a motel into affordable housing.
The city has requested $35 million in Homekey+ funding to convert the 114-room Quality Inn, 1590 University Ave. into studio apartments, according to a city report.
When the renovation is complete, the former hotel immediately west of Interstate 215 near Chicago and Iowa avenues, will have 20 units of affordable housing and 94 units of permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals or people who are at risk of becoming homeless…