FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno City Council on Thursday agreed to provide a $6 million contribution and three city-owned properties to the Cesar Chavez Foundation for the development of affordable housing.
The foundation plans to develop the Parkview Apartments, an affordable rental housing project with up to 170 units. The city-owned properties being used for the project are all located west of Highway 99 on or near Parkway Drive.
The Cesar Chavez Foundation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, is the sole developer of the project and will rehabilitate existing units in addition to constructing some of the units on a currently vacant property, according to the resolution approved by the Fresno council…