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As Fresno’s housing crisis deepens, city considers another extension for zombie southeast megadevelopment

Dec. 5, 2024

City council to vote on new environmental review for SEDA.

What’s at stake: Building rates in Fresno have declined for four straight years. The city has over-built single-family homes by almost 30,000 units. But the city wants to build potentially tens of thousands more in Southeast Fresno.

In a city struggling to build enough affordable housing while battling climate change, Fresno leaders are preparing to spend more money studying a massive suburban development that critics say would exacerbate both problems.

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