Marin City’s historic Golden Gate Village housing complex just opened a pathway to financing the first phase of a $266.6 million multi-year renovation.

Phase 1 is expected to begin in February 2026. It will focus on the first 88 units of the property’s 296-unit mid-century low-rise buildings. The buildings will get upgraded kitchens and bathrooms, enhanced safety features, energy-efficiency improvements and refreshed outdoor spaces. Phase 2 is planned for 2027, and the final phase could begin around 2029. Each phase will require separate financing.

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Ruth Dusseault is an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist focused on environment and energy. Her position is supported by the California local news fellowship, a statewide initiative spearheaded by UC Berkeley aimed at supporting local news platforms. While a student at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism (c’23), Ruth developed stories about the social and environmental circumstances of contaminated watersheds around the Great Lakes, Mississippi River and Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. Her thesis explored rights of nature laws in small rural communities. She is a former assistant professor and artist in residence at Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture, and uses photography, film and digital storytelling to report on the engineered systems that undergird modern life.