San Diego Unified readies plan to build 1,500 homes for teachers on five sites
Dante Ulanday - News Moderator 
Administrators at the San Diego Unified School District say they’re ready to move forward with plans to build nearly 1,500 units of affordable housing for teachers on five school properties.
The proposal to begin work with three developers is scheduled for a vote at the Dec. 10 meeting of the school board.
“We are ready to take the next step toward building affordable housing to support our educators,” said Superintendent Fabi Bagula. “Building affordable housing, and the district retaining ownership of the land to collect annual lease revenue, strengthens our schools and the surrounding San Diego neighborhoods.”
Officials have selected San Diego-based Affirmed Housing and Bridge Housing along with Culver City-based Decro Corp. to develop the properties.
The five sites are:
- Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street — 943 units
- Revere Center, 6735 Gifford Way — 220 units
- Fremont/Ballard Center, 2375 Congress Street — 140 units
- Instructional Media Center, 2441 Cardinal Lane — 107 units
- 2101 Commercial Street — 87 units
No district funds will be spent, and officials anticipate receiving $504 million in lease revenue over 99 years.
Other benefits include construction of two daycare centers and improvements to adjacent school properties.
In March, the school board voted to allow district staff to develop and request proposals to develop the five properties.
The district is seeking to create affordable housing for 10% of its workforce over the next decade.
