Walnut Park affordable housing development slated for up to $30M in bonds

At its meeting yesterday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a resolution declaring the intent to issue up to $30 million in multifamily housing bonds for the construction of a new affordable housing complex in the unincorporated community of Walnut Park.

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Hollywood Community Housing Corp., the developer behind the proposed project at 7600 Pacific Avenue, has already secured approvals for the construction of a four-story complex that would feature 64 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments above 48 basement parking spaces.

Per a staff report to the Board of Supervisors, the apartments will be reserved for formerly unhoused and low-income households earning no more than 40 percent of the area median income for a period of 55 years.

Koning Eizenberg is designing the proposed development, which would consist of two separate buildings connected by pedestrian bridges and flanking a central courtyard. Other ancillary features would include a 1,600-square-foot community room, a resident's lounge, a computer room, a laundry facility, and offices for administrative and supportive services staff.

The bond funding, when issued, would complement $4 million in funding already award to Hollywood Community Housing Corp. for the project.

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The development site is located one block north of a vacant half-acre lot at Pacific Boulevard and Grand Avenue which the County hopes to repurpose as a public park. Walnut Park, home to roughly 16,000 people, is among the most park-poor communities in Los Angeles County.

Hollywood Community Housing's other ongoing projects include a new apartment complex now under construction in Winnetka and a controversial mixed-use development slated to replace a parking lot on the Venice Canals.