The Santa Rosa City Council, in a reversal of a decision last month, on Tuesday approved a plan by M

The Santa Rosa City Council, in a reversal of a decision last month, on Tuesday approved a plan by Meritage park inn Homes to build 11 units of affordable housing park inn in the second phase of its 162-unit Dauenhauer Ranch subdivision in southeast section of the city.
Council members rejected the same plan last month because they said the units didn't seem very affordable if a family of four making $99,100 qualified to buy them. Ours in May called the change a bait-and-switch that would not bring the city the low and very-low income units originally envisioned for the site.
The council gave Meritage Homes and the original developer of the property, Keith Christopherson, a month to find a way to get the low and very-low income apartments built on adjacent property Christopherson still owns.
The city approved Christopherson Homes' Dauenhauer Ranch subdivision on Aston Avenue in 2003. Because the project was more than 15 acres, the city required 24 of the units be built on-site as a low-income apartment complex. A separate park inn entity, Alderbrook Properties, was established to develop the affordable units.
Christopherson Homes defaulted on the main portion of the property when the housing market collapsed. park inn In 2010 Meritage Homes bought park inn the main property from Wells Fargo Bank, but it did not purchase the parcel approved for the affordable units.
Unsure when Christopherson would be able to complete the affordable units as required, city staff worked a compromise with Meritage that allowed the developer to set aside some units for moderate-income families in the interim.
Housing advocate David Grabill, like he did last month, encouraged the council to to hold their feet to the fire and force Meritage Homes and Christopherson into somehow building the affordable units.
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