The city of Riverside earlier this month sent a letter to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) defending its efforts to fulfill several housing goals it pledged to complete years ago.
“The city takes its commitments to ending cycles of homelessness, providing supportive services to those who need them and fighting to ensure that every Riversider who needs assistance on the path back to housing stability has resources with the utmost seriousness,” Miranda Evans, the director of the Community & Economic Development Department, said in the letter. “Beyond the commitments outlined in the 6th Cycle [Housing Element Update], the city is active across many fronts with a focus on improving housing availability and affordability.”
The letter was in response to last month’s inquiry from HCD requesting an update on several housing policies the city set out to complete over the last few years…