A vacant lot at 4217 Winters Street in North Sacramento's East Del Paso Heights neighborhood, sitting near McClellan Industrial Park, is now the site of a proposal for 51 attached homes — a mix of duplexes and single-unit buildings spread across 17 structures, with 118 parking spaces built in. The homes would be market-rate, not income-restricted affordable housing, and would include both for-sale and for-rent units.
The project comes from Roseville-based Riverland Homes, which submitted revised development plans to the city after purchasing the property in April 2025, according to The Sacramento Bee. The developer originally planned a mix of residential and commercial uses for the site, but that changed once it became clear the property's water infrastructure could not support commercial development, per a city document cited by the Bee. Because the current plan aligns with existing zoning, it needs only city staff sign-off rather than a full City Council or Planning and Design Commission vote — a distinction city spokesperson Julie Hall confirmed to the paper.
The 4.57-acre parcel has been on the city's radar for years. It was designated an eligible residential inventory site in Sacramento's certified 2021–2029 Housing Element, the state-mandated plan that requires municipalities to maintain enough zoned capacity to meet regional housing targets, according to a copy of the City of Sacramento's Housing Element. Before Riverland Homes stepped in, the lot was held by McClellan Business Park LLC, which filed permits in August 2025 for a 42-home project with a 0.73-acre commercial component, as San Francisco YIMBY reported at the time.
Unit Mix Skews Toward Larger Families
The proposed community would include 17 three-bedroom units, 22 units with four or more bedrooms, and 12 two-bedroom units, with individual homes ranging from 1,600 to 1,978 square feet, the Bee's reporting shows. Riverland Homes has not provided a construction timeline, and a company representative did not respond to the paper's requests for comment.
District 2 Councilmember Roger Dickinson, who represents the area and assumed office in December 2024 after Sean Loloee's resignation, has thrown his support behind the project. Dickinson previously served as a California State Assemblymember and Sacramento County Supervisor, according to LegiStorm. He told the Bee there is a tremendous need to increase housing supply in North Sacramento, especially market-rate housing, and said he hopes the project encourages other builders to develop vacant land in the area.
A Relatively Affordable Corner of the City
East Del Paso Heights remains one of Sacramento's more affordable neighborhoods even as prices climb. Median home sales prices there hit $380,000 as of May 2026, an 11.9% jump from the same period in 2025, per Redfin. That's still well below the citywide median of $500,000 recorded in March 2026, according to Houzeo, at a time when more than 46% of Sacramento homes were selling above asking price.
Riverland Homes has been active elsewhere in Del Paso Heights, too. The company filed plans in May 2025 for a 16-unit single-family subdivision at 132 Silver Eagle Road, and it is currently marketing Pinecrest Village, an all-electric development at 81 Ford Road where homes with owned solar panels start in the low $500,000s, according to listings on Realtor.com. That all-electric approach lines up with a broader economic pressure facing California builders: the state's average residential electricity rate reached 35.25 cents per kilowatt-hour in April 2026, nearly double the national average of 18.83 cents, per U.S. Energy Information Administration data cited by Riverland Homes.
Infrastructure Fix Could Unlock More Building
The water constraints that scuttled commercial plans for the Winters Street site reflect a wider infrastructure gap in North Sacramento that the city is now trying to address. The Sacramento City Council voted in March 2026 to evaluate creating an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District in District 2, a tax-increment tool meant to fund sewer, water, and road upgrades needed for new construction — a move Hoodline previously reported on. The project also arrives in a neighborhood already flagged for environmental disparities: Del Paso Heights is identified in the city's Urban Forest Plan as an urban heat island, with tree canopy coverage as low as 10% compared to 40% in wealthier parts of Sacramento, a gap Hoodline detailed in its coverage of the city's heat-mitigation efforts.
