Last week, Governor Newsom announced the awarding of more than $789 million in state cap-and-trade funds for affordable housing across the state. That money will go to 24 projects in 20 different communities, creating a combined total of 2,483 new homes.
Out of that total, seven projects in Los Angeles County saw more than $238 million in funding awarded. Combined, they will create 819 new homes.
The funding the eighth round of grant awards for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities, which provides money for housing and transportation projects. Roughly $3.8 billion has been awarded through the program to date.
Rendering of 1401 Long Beach BoulevardCentury Housing Corp.
Century Housing Corp. and the City of Long Beach will receive nearly $24.3 million for a proposed supportive housing complex at 1401 Long Beach Boulevard.
The new five-story edifice, slated for an empty lot near the Metro A Line, will include 153 residential units. Other components of the project include an extension of the existing 14th Street greenway to connect with Long Beach Boulevard, as well as the creation of two miles of Class IV cycle track on 7th Street, new electric buses, two miles of bus-only lanes, bus bulb-outs, and transit shelters.
946 Linden Avenue in Long BeachGoogle Street View
Elsewhere in Long Beach, AMCAL Multi Family Housing Company, has secured more than $28.2 million in funding for a project at 946 Linden Avenue. Plans call for the construction of a new four-story building featuring 100 low- and very low-income affordable units in a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom floor plans.
Money awarded to the project will also go toward the construction of three lane miles of Class IV bikeway along Pacific Avenue, better linking Downtown Long Beach with neighborhoods to the north, as well as improved sidewalk infrastructure on 9th Street. Funds will also go toward the purchase of electric busways, the installation of transit signal priority, and improved bus service along surrounding corridors.
View looking east from Hill StreetSteinberg Hart / Related
Related California and the Weingart Center will receive nearly $35.3 million for the first component of the three-phase Alveare Parkview apartments, which would rise from a property at 1405 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles. The new state funding will go toward the construction of 105 apartments for families. Subsequent phases will include an additional 198 units of senior affordable housing and permanent supportive housing, creating more than 300 apartments in total.
The funding award includes money for traffic calming infrastructure, upgrades to the bike network in Downtown Los Angeles, and the purchase of new Metro rail cars.
Steinberg Hart is designing the apartment complex, which would consist of eight-story buildings and a new pocket park facing Hill Street to the west.
744-754 S. Kern AvenueGoogle Street View
In unincorporated East Los Angeles, Hollywood Community Housing Corp. has been awarded nearly $38 million for the Casa de la Luz development, which would rise at 744 S. Kern Avenue. Plans call for 95 apartments - including 93 units split between households earning up to 30 and 60 percent of the area median income level - in addition to 60 parking spaces
Other components of the project will a trio of landscaped patios, a courtyard, and a community room. Outside of the building, the funding will go toward the installations of two miles of Class III bikeway and the purchase of new electric buses.
Century + Restorative Care Village PSH
Rendering of 1321 N. Mission RoadGGA+
Another Century Housing project, a planned Restorative Care Village near Los Angeles General Medical Center, would rise at 1321 N. Mission Road. A $34.6 million funding award would go toward the construction of 146 units of affordable housing, as well as new hubs providing healthcare for residents. The project will ultimately include 294 units of housing serving low-income seniors, persons experiencing homelessness, and two on-site managers.
In addition to funding housing, the award will go toward the construction of the first segment of the Valley Boulevard multi-modal transportation project, which will add bus-only lanes, bicycle lanes, more than 400 trees, and pedestrian improvements to a corridor between Union Station and the hospital campus.
Aerial rendering of the Jordan Downs redevelopmentHACLA
The Michaels Organization and HACLA were awarded $34 million for Phase S6 of the Jordan Downs redevelopment, which will include 100 units of family affordable housing in Watts. The project will also include new bike and pedestrian infrastructure, improved bus headways, and the purchase of electric buses.
When completed, the redevelopment of Jordan Downs will include more than 1,400 homes and nine acres of open space.
Rendering of Sankofa Place at CentinelaAero Collective
Finally, Venice Community Housing, Linc Housing, and the Social Justice Learning Institute were awarded nearly $43.8 million for Sankofa Place at Centinela, which would rise at 400 Centinela Avenue in the City of Inglewood.
Plans call for a permanent home for the Social Justice Learning Institute, as well as 120 units of affordable housing catering to residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income level. Off-site improvements funded by the award include a new east-west bikeway parallel to Florence Avenue and money for electric buses.
Aero Collective is designing the project along with The Architects Collective.
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