Ian Gabriel, director of Data, Policy, and Planning at Lift to Rise, a non-profit focused on housing and affordability in the Coachella Valley, says he doesn’t oppose local golf courses being used for conservation instead of affordable housing production, but stressed the need for local cities to “get creative about what land can be used…

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Dozens of projects are either under construction or in the works throughout the Coachella Valley, with city councils, planning commissions, and key stakeholders pitching in to push nearly 4,500 units of affordable housing forward.