|
Welcome to ConnectLA Housing |
|
We are pleased to announce the beta launch of the ConnectLA Housing website. ConnectLA seeks to accomplish two important goals with the website. The first goal is to create a “one-stop” location linking housing seekers and homeowners to a wide variety of housing information, resources, and services. Second, to create something that has not been previously—a web-accessible, centralized database of all affordable housing units in Los Angeles County! We understand that this is an ambitious undertaking, but thanks to our wonderful housing partners we are off to a great start and the ConnectLA Housing database now contains over 11,000 units.
Once completed, the ConnectLA Housing database will provide developers, advocates, public officials, and policy makers with up-to-date affordable housing data. Have you ever wondered how many large family housing units there are in the county? Or how many properties in the City of Los Angeles have both Low-Income Tax Credits and LAHD funding? With ConnectLA’s Reports feature you can generate these and many other reports with a click of the mouse! |
|
|
Estimates show that there are between 60,000 to 100,000 affordable units in Los Angeles County. We need the help of affordable housing developers, property managers, and funders in our effort to locate all of the units and add them to our database. The more units featured in the database, the better the reports are. If you are interested in having your affordable housing data included in ConnectLA Housing, please contact Kassandra Thomas-Wright, Program Manager at
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
or at (310) 470-6590 x110. It is very easy and we will walk you through the process. We look forward to partnering with you! |
|
Buying a home is a big step and it is often the single biggest financial investment a person will make in their lifetime. What in normal times is a scary proposition, is even scarier in the midst of one of the worse housing crises in decades! But the dream of homeownership can still become a reality! Good information is one half the battle. ConnectLA Housing will help prepare you to buy a home with these 9 Steps to Homeownership.
1: Are you ready to buy a home?
2: Finding a Real Estate Professional
3: Pre-qualifying for a loan
4: Choosing the Right House for You
5: Making an offer
6: Inspecting the property
7: Securing the Loan
8: Closing the Deal
9: Avoiding Foreclosure
The economy is beginning to turn around. Prepare yourself to take advantage of this buyer’s market! |
|
|
Skid Row Housing Trust is scheduled to complete New Carver Apartments, a brand new 97 unit development for formerly homeless individuals in September 2009.
There are 95 rentable efficiency units and 2 one bedroom manager’s units affordable to very low and low-income formerly homeless individuals with disabilities, including older adults. 100% of project tenants will be special needs and 35% will have been chronically homeless. Three (3) units will be set aside for formerly homeless hospital discharge patients.
The 53,000 square foot project had a total development cost of $33,945,678. This amazing project was developed with the support of and hard work from the following agencies:
Developer: Skid Row Housing Trust
Project Contractor: Westport Construction, Inc.
Project Architect: Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.
Lenders:
Acquisition & Pre-Development: Century Housing Corporation, California Community Foundation and State of California Department of Housing and Community Development
Construction & Permanent: Citibank, Enterprise Community Investment, Inc., Los Angeles Housing Department and State of California Department of Housing and Community Development |
|
|