To: Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From: Joseph Villarreal, Executive Director
Report Title: Authorize the Executive Director to execute the Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement (ENRA) with the Community Housing Development Corporation of North Richmond (CHDC) and EDEN Housing to Acquire, for Appraised Fair Market Value, the 11.38-acre former Las Deltas Public Housing development main campus
Recommendation: Recommendation of Board Committee
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute the Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement (ENRA) with the Community Housing Development Corporation of North Richmond (CHDC) and Eden Housing to acquire, for appraised fair market value, the 11.38-acre former Las Deltas public housing development main campus.
BACKGROUND:
On May 20, 2025, the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners authorized HACCC to enter into negotiations with CHDC and Eden Housing to draft an Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement (ENRA). The ENRA would be brought to HUD and this Board for approval prior to transferring the property to them. The ENRA addresses the terms of the purchase price, timeline of the development activity and the required commitments of the developer as a condition of winning the bid to purchase and develop the former Las Deltas property.
Since then, HACCC has been actively negotiating a final ENRA that is acceptable to the agency and to the Master Developers. The document was presented to HUD on July 22, 2026 for review and approval. HUD has responded that they are not required to approve the ENRA but will be involved at the time of the final transfer of the property. Accordingly, we now bring this before the Board for review and authorization to execute the ENRA as we stated we would do in the May 20, 2025, Board Order.
The ENRA states that the parties will have 18 months to negotiate a Master Development Agreement that will memorialize the details of the planned housi...
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