Nearly 300 new homes are slated to come to Brea near the 57 freeway and Imperial Highway as city officials push to hit state-mandated new housing numbers.
Under the state’s mandated housing goals, the city currently has to zone for 2,365 new homes by the end of the decade. Of that, officials need to zone for 1,062 units for low-income to extremely low-income households. The remaining 1,303 units are slated for moderate or above income.
In Orange County, a four-person household making less than $126,250 annually is considered low income, according to thresholds set by the state Department of Community and Housing Development…