May 6, 2025
Some of the state’s most essential and vulnerable workers can expect to see a new housing development in southeast Fresno following a pair of renewed concessions from the city.
City leaders approved a loan and ground lease toward the development of 54 mixed-income homes in southeast Fresno during last month’s city council meeting.
The Cesar Chavez Apartments housing development in southeast Fresno will be located in the Roosevelt neighborhood on Cesar Chavez Boulevard, between Seventh and Eighth Street.
“Farmworkers were declared essential workers during the pandemic,” said Fresno City Councilmember Miguel Arias during the April 24 council hearing for the project. “There is definitely a huge need for housing for them, and what better place than on Cesar Chavez Boulevard.”