March 5, 2026
A Home on the ‘SkyLINE’ – Grand Opening Celebrates Nearly 100 New Affordable Rental Homes at Rancho Bernardo Transit Site
San Diego Housing Commission awarded 30 federal rental assistance vouchers to help families with lower incomes pay rent
SAN DIEGO, CA — For residents like Kimberly, a single mother of five, securing an affordable apartment at SkyLINE means being able to continue to live in Rancho Bernardo, a community where she has long resided, and giving her children a consistent education.
“Having an option to be able to stay within the community really means everything,” Kimberly said at a grand opening ceremony today for the affordable housing development, her twin boys peering from behind the lectern. “I’m so very grateful.”
Built on a former park-and-ride site near the Rancho Bernardo Transit Station, SkyLINE includes 99 rental homes that will remain affordable for 55 years for families with low income.
“These are really complicated projects, but they’re so essential because being able to do density near public transit is really the central organizing principle of good city planning,” California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis said.
The development required extensive collaboration among multiple agencies, including the State of California, the City of San Diego, the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC), the County of San Diego, the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and many additional partners.
“What we are doing today is creating more homes that are affordable to local San Diegans and giving them the opportunity to change their lives in a very positive way,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said. “I want to thank MTS for its visionary leadership and taking what was an underutilized parking lot and turning it into a hundred doors of opportunity for local San Diegans.”
SkyLINE residents earn 30 percent to 55 percent of the San Diego Area Median Income (AMI), or $49,600 to $ $90,950 per year for a family of four. The property also has one unrestricted manager’s unit.
“When we invest in transit-oriented development like this one, we help families reach essential services and resources and recreational opportunities without having to rely upon a car,” said City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn, Chair of the MTS Board of Directors. “SkyLINE demonstrates how we can help people thrive. This is exactly the kind of smart, sustainable development that San Diego needs, and it ensures that transit remains at the heart of San Diego’s future.”
The County of San Diego awarded a $2 million loan toward the financing for SkyLINE through its Innovative Housing Trust Fund.
“The completion of this innovative project is a significant milestone for our residents of San Diego County. Projects like this are about more than just buildings. They’re about building people, making a positive difference in their lives, our families, and our neighborhoods,” said San Diego County Supervisor Joel Anderson, who represents District 2, which includes Rancho Bernardo, and who issued a proclamation honoring today as SkyLINE Day throughout San Diego County.
SDHC awarded 30 federal rental housing vouchers to the SkyLINE development to help pay rent for residents with the lowest income, 30 percent of AMI. These vouchers are tied directly to this development. When a household moves on, the voucher helps another household with low income pay rent at SkyLINE.
“A home near transit at a price that fits their income often means stability and peace of mind for families in our community. They can then focus more of their attention and limited resources on their work, school, health and precious time with their families. That is why developments like this are so important—and why we need more of them throughout our city,” SDHC Deputy CEO Jeff Davis said.
SDHC also authorized $42.5 million in tax-exempt Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds toward the financing for the development. The City Council, in its role as the Housing Authority of the City of San Diego (Housing Authority), approved these bonds. SDHC, the City of San Diego, and the Housing Authority are not financially liable for the bonds. Private sources of funds, such as revenue from the development, are used to repay the bonds.
Additional financing for the development included a $5 million loan from the City of San Diego through the Bridge to Home program and nearly $4.5 million Infill Infrastructure Grant from the State of California’s Department of Housing and Community Development.
The apartments at SkyLINE include one-, two-, and three-bedroom units.
“Skyline is more than just a building. It is a place where residents and their families will build memories, where birthdays and family milestones will be celebrated, and where life’s challenges will be met with the stability of a home,” Affirmed Housing President Jimmy Silverwood said.
ConAm Management Corporation is the property management company at SkyLINE, and Compass for Affordable Housing provides resident services to the property’s tenants. These services include adult education, health and wellness classes, financial literacy, nutrition, exercise, art, parent, food preparation, career building, job readiness, computer education, voter registration, and activities to develop community leadership, among other enrichment activities.
Site amenities include a children’s play area, a community room with a computer room, shaded outdoor gathering spaces with built-in seating and a leasing office.
The development was constructed with a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with San Diego Building Trades, marking the first 100 percent affordable housing development to be built with a PLA in the region.
The property includes a seven-story, mixed-use development with office space and a parking garage with replacement parking for public transit users.
Affirmed Housing is leasing the development’s office space. The non-residential portion of SkyLINE was funded with taxable bond proceeds, tax credit equity proceeds, and State of California Infill Infrastructure grant funds. The tax-exempt bonds proceeds were not used to fund the non-residential commercial/office space.
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Scott Marshall,
Vice President of Communications
San Diego Housing Commission
619-578-7138
scottm@sdhc.org
