GARDEN VIEW APARTMENTS TO OPEN OFFICIALLY ON MAY 23

103 Affordable Units Are Already Claimed

He also addressed some comments on social media that claimed children are not allowed in Garden View apartments.

“That’s not true,” Sterling said. “That would be a discrimination issue. Since all units are only one bedroom, we limited the number of people who can move into a unit at two. But if they then have a child while living there, it’s fine. They won’t be kicked out. And if a single parent moves in with a child and then has another, they won’t have to move out. But we also couldn’t have families of four or five people living in one-bedroom apartments.”

The tenant list includes local service workers, a probation officer with the sheriff’s office, a few city employees and many others, Sterling said.

The wait list for Garden View is currently closed, but could reopen in the coming months as everyone gets moved into the new apartments and comes off its waiting list.