Elected officials for the city and county of Sacramento have cleared the way for a controversial plan to convert 306 market-rate apartment units into affordable workforce housing.
The next step to make the conversion a reality is for the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency to purchase The Maven on Broadway, which opened in 2022 at 230 Broadway in Upper Land Park, according to the city and county staff reports. The SHRA Commission is set to consider final approval of the purchase on Nov. 10. The price for the project has not been publicly disclosed.
Despite housing shortages in Sacramento, some neighbors of The Maven are unhappy with the idea of converting market-rate housing into affordable housing…