Construction begins on 62 affordable homes at Fresno’s Davu Village

Construction has begun at 1075 North Warren Avenue, where Fresno Housing is turning the former Golden State Triage Center into Davu Village, a 62-unit affordable and supportive housing development in central Fresno. City and county leaders joined Fresno Housing at the June 25 groundbreaking, including Mayor Jerry Dyer, Councilmember Miguel Arias and County Supervisor Luis Chavez.

The project will combine new construction with adaptive reuse and add one manager’s unit, according to state tax-credit filings. Those filings say Davu Village is designed for special-needs tenants, including people experiencing homelessness, and that rents will be targeted to households earning roughly 30% to 50% of area median income. All 62 tax-credit units are slated to receive HUD Section 8 project-based vouchers, giving the development a deeper subsidy than standard affordable housing.

Fresno Housing CEO Tyrone Roderick Williams has described Davu Village as part of a larger push to turn distressed property into stable housing, and the financing behind the project reflects that scale. The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee’s staff report shows the development requested $2.5 million in annual federal credits and $6.41 million in total state credits, with recommended amounts of about $2.83 million federal and $2.91 million state. Earlier in the year, Fresno Housing said it had secured roughly $25 million in federal and state tax credits for the project and expected construction to start in summer 2026 once financing was finished.

Davu Village is also part of a broader transformation along the Parkway Drive corridor, where Fresno and Fresno Housing have acquired nine motels on and around Parkway Drive and one vacant lot since 2021. Mayor Jerry Dyer said more than $142 million in HomeKey funding has been invested there, and the city has committed $15 million to Fresno Housing’s Parkway Drive work, including nearly $7 million for Davu Village. Fresno Housing says the site will include supportive services such as document help, health care connections and job assistance for residents who have been unhoused.

The corridor has long carried a hard reputation. CalMatters and KQED have described Parkway Drive, sometimes called Motel Drive, as an area tied to drugs, human trafficking and prostitution. CalMatters also reported that Project Homekey had provided shelter for about 1,500 people in Fresno over 18 months, underscoring why local officials are treating Davu Village as more than a single housing project.