City-Owned Sites for Housing Development

The City’s adopted Housing Element identifies nine city-owned sites that will be developed for affordable and mixed-income housing. In early 2023, the City Council took action to rezone these sites to allow for housing development (Ordinance No. 23-3). The next step will be to proceed with the "disposition" process for the sites (i.e., sell, lease, or develop), a process that is governed by the requirements of the State Surplus Land Act (SLA). Information about each city-owned housing opportunity site can be viewed here: Information about City-Owned Housing Sites. 

Current priorities:

In 2026, the City will move forward with disposition of the following sites:

Notices of surplus lands exemption for East I Street (Site #22) and Church Street (Site #35) were posted on April 23, 2026. No comments were received during the noticing period, which concluded at 5:00 p.m. on May 23, 2026.  

In 2024-2025, the City made the following property available for disposition:

  • Fire Museum (Site #32)
  • Senior Center (Site #13)
  • Scout Property (Site #1)

One responsive bidder, Eden Housing, was selected for "scattered site development" of the Senior Center and Scout Property sites. Information about this proposal, Benicia Senior, can be viewed at www.beniciaseniorhousing.com. No housing developer has been identified for the Fire Museum property.