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The city council this week voted 5-0 to approve the Eden Housing project.
The decision was made Tuesday afternoon, following a packed virtual meeting on Monday with about 200 participants and just over 100 public speakers.
Slated for the cityâs Downtown Core at the southeastern corner of Railroad Avenue and South L Street, the project is set to provide 130 affordable housing units.Â
The project has been a point of controversy for Livermore. Those who support the current plans have stressed the importance of immediately providing affordable homes to a community thatâs seen a large portion of residents priced out. Those who oppose the current plans â including groups such as Preserve Downtown Livermore and Save Livermore Downtown (SLD) â want the housing moved across the street to enable a park on the vacated land and to create additional affordable units on the new location, as many as 230 in total.Â