California celebrates grand opening of state-funded community center and new affordable homes in Oakland

Flicker Bird Homes is one of five significant state investments in affordable housing and economic opportunity along the International Boulevard Corridor in Oakland. It is also one of three recent projects in the Bay Area to open this year on land that was previously contaminated. These three projects have provided 209 move-in ready affordable homes. Funding provided by DTSC across the Bay Area will make more than 2,100 new affordable homes available for low income and unhoused residents by cleaning up contaminated sites.

Thousands of properties across California sit vacant because of pollution left behind by gas stations, auto repair shops, dry cleaners and industrial facilities. Cleanups at these sites are made possible through DTSC's Equitable Communities Revitalization Grant program.

DTSC is part of a statewide effort, led by Governor Gavin Newsom, to address homelessness and the need for affordable housing. The department has invested more than $130 million in the cleanup and reuse of more than 150 sites across 49 cities, preparing them for new life in communities that have historically faced environmental and economic barriers.

The California Department of Housing and Community Development also provided state funding for this project.