The Concord City Council's decision to reject an Idaho-based developer's proposal to build an affordable housing project in the city's downtown business district has drawn a rebuke from the state housing agency.
Last month, the council in a 4-1 vote refused to grant permission to Pacific West Communities to accept up to $90M in state financing to build 183 apartment units, almost all designated as affordable, in the East Bay city's central business district.
The council majority argued that the project, located at 1650 Ashbury Drive in proximity to the Concord BART station, would concentrate too much affordable housing in the business district, according to a report in the Mercury News.
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