SUNNYVALE — An affordable housing development that could produce more than 100 residences has been proposed for a former bank site in downtown Sunnyvale, documents show.
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Should it move forward, nonprofit MidPen Housing would build 110 apartments at 295 South Mathilda Ave., according to city documents. All but one would be affordable, with a manager’s unit offered at market-rate prices.
Some residents and community groups wrote letters of support to city officials ahead of a Sunnyvale Planning Commission meeting on July 13 to discuss the project.
“As an infill site, 295 South Mathilda will assist the city by better utilizing an old and unused commercial space,” the Greenbelt Alliance wrote in a July 7 letter.
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The community organization said as part of the project’s affordability components, MidPen Housing intends to set aside 25% of the units as apartments for previously unhoused individuals.
“Greenbelt Alliance believes the 295 S. Mathilda project will provide much-needed smart, high-density housing in Sunnyvale,” the community group stated in its letter.
The planning commission didn’t take final action on the project because the purpose of the meeting was to specifically study the project.
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