State Rejects City of Orange’s Non-Compliant Housing Plan Following Community Intervention

ORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chapman Yorba VIII, developer of a proposed 158-unit senior housing and affordable apartment project in Orange, announced that the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has rejected the City of Orange’s Housing Element update, rescinding its prior tentative approval of the City’s plan. “Specific information was not included (in the plan) on the extent to which (existing uses) could impede new residential development,” wrote Melinda Coy