NBA star Steph Curry officially opposes the development of low-income housing units near his multi-million-dollar property. The Golden State Warriors player has filed a complaint to stop the development of a row of sixteen townhouses that are slated to be built near his dream home mansion. Curry and his wife, Ayesha, both signed their names to a letter that they submitted to the town of Atherton opposing the project, which is supposed to erect sixteen three-story townhomes steps away from Curry’s property in his extremely wealthy neighborhood in California.
Steph Curry and his wife believe that having low-income residents near them would be a safety concern. They believe that if the town follows through with its plan to build the low-income properties, the Currys would no longer have the “safety and privacy” they paid for when purchasing their $31 million mega-mansion.
Steph and Ayesha Curry simply want their children to be as far away from the low-income residents as possible. However, the height of the proposed townhomes would allow low-income residents to look into the windows of Curry’s multi-million-dollar mansion, making privacy impossible for the NBA star’s family.
Other residents of the town have also opposed the construction project. They claim to not understand why the town would be erecting affordable homes in an area of California where an acre of land sells for $8 million per acre.
The Currys submitted their letter of opposition to the housing project on January 18, 2023. In their letter, they claim that their status as residents of Atherton should give them the privilege of being far away from low-income people.
“As Atherton residents… we have been following along with the housing element updates with a special interest in the 23 Oakwood property,” the Currys wrote in their letter. “We hesitate to add to the ‘not in our backyard’ (literally) rhetoric, but we wanted to send a note before today’s meeting. Safety and privacy for us and our kids continue to be our top priority and one of the biggest reasons we chose Atherton as home.”
At a minimum, the Currys want the plans for the low-income properties to include taller fences and extensive landscaping like trees that would block the low-income residents’ view of Steph Curry’s $31 million mansion.
Meanwhile, Atherton’s city council is facing pressure to build 348 affordable units in their town. They identified a lot behind the Currys’ property that was undeveloped and figured that they could stuff sixteen low-income townhomes into the area.
Unfortunately, millionaires do not want to be neighbors with low-income individuals.
Atherton decided to propose building units on the 1.52-acre plot next to the Currys’ because the plot’s owner David Arata wants to be a landlord to low-income housing units subsidized by the local government.
Arata, who inherited the property from his mother, wants the townhomes to be a “little village” instead of a drab housing complex.
“It would be more a little village than a big apartment building,” Arata told The Almanac. “‘Housing element’ when you mention that people snap; they think it’s going to be low income and it’s going to massive buildings stuck together.”
