Beyond Shelter: Housing Development Corporation, Service-Enriched Housing Sites


	HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
	Service-Enriched Housing Sites



	Coronado Place Apartments Opened December 1993 Coronado Place is a 41-unit affordable housing project consisting of one-, two- and three- bedroom apartments in the MacArthur Park area of Los Angeles. Coronado Place is a renovated slum building in a neighborhood plagued by drug dealers, prostitutes and gangs. The building includes classrooms for after-school activities, community rooms for classes and meetings, a computer learning center and a library. Activities at Coronado Place include classes and seminars for adults, tutoring for youths, holiday potluck meals, neighborhood watch meetings and sports	Coronado Place Apartments
	activities. Coronado Place has an active Resident Management Committee and shares a services coordinator with nearby Casa Carondelet Apartments.
	Funding partners for Coronado Place Apartments included: City of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency California Department of Housing and Community Development California Housing Finance Agency Columbia Charitable Foundation Ahmanson Foundation Charter Oak Foundation Weingart Foundation Wells Fargo Bank

	Casa Carondelet Apartments Opened April 1996 This new construction is an 18-unit family housing project consisting of one, two- and three-bedroom apartments. The project was developed in partnership with Church and Synagogue Associates (CASA), a partnership of St. Matthew's	Casa Carondelet
	Episcopal Church in Pacific Palisades and University Synagogue in Brentwood. The church and synagogue help to support programs and activities at the site. There is an on-site computer learning center/library and community room for all residents. Casa Carondelet and Coronado Place, located a few blocks away, share a services coordinator.
	Funding partners for Casa Carondelet Apartments included: Bank of America Community Development Bank Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Federal National Mortgage Association (FANNIE MAE) Home Savings of America Local Initiatives Manages Assets Corporation (LIMAC) Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Mercy Loan Fund

	Umoja Apartments (House of Unity) Opened December 1996 Located in South Los Angeles in an area hit hardest by the 1992 civil disturbances, the Umoja Apartments was developed in partnership with Faith Housing Corporation of Faith United Methodist Church. The Umoja	Umoja Apartments
	Apartments was selected by the AFL-CIO to participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 Community Investment Demonstration Project. Umoja includes 30 units of one- to four-bedroom apartments, surrounding a courtyard, with a full-time services coordinator on-site and a computer learning center. Faith Housing and Beyond Shelter work together to develop and implement services and programs for the families who live there. Temple Israel of Hollywood furnished many Umoja Apartments and continues to provide support for its programs and activities. Residents can access additional services at Beyond Shelter's Family Services Center and the Drew Child Development Center at nearby Broadway Village I (see below).
	Funding partners for Umoja Apartments included: City of Los Angeles Housing Department Bank of America Community Development Bank AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust City of Los Angeles Housing Department - Bridge and Permanent Loans Federal National Mortgage Corporation (FANNIE MAE)

	Curtis Johnson Apartments Completed December 2002 BSHDC formed a limited partnership with the California Community Reinvestment Corporation Affordable Housing Partners (CCRC) to transform 48 "at-risk" housing sites into a model of scattered-site, service-enriched housing. Located in South Los Angeles, the units received	A Curtis Johnson unit
	kitchen, bathroom, parking and landscape upgrades, as well as the addition of on-site laundry facilities. Completed in December 2002, there are 17 studio, 18 one-bedroom and 13 two-bedroom units for very low-income families. Residents have access to a services coordinator and may also access services through the Family Services Center at nearby Broadway Village I.

	Imperial Highway Apartments Completed May 2004 The Imperial Highway Apartments consist of 46 scattered-site, service-enriched housing units in the Willowbrook area of South Los Angeles. Developed in partnership with CCRC Affordable Housing Partners, this preservation project was targeted to the low-income residents already housed in the units, 75 percent of	An Imperial Highway Apartments site
	whom have incomes 30 percent below the area median income level. Upgrades to the apartments included work on plumbing, electricity, landscaping, interior and exterior painting, cabinetry and heating. To enhance on-site amenities, a community room was added at one location and open areas received additional fencing, landscaping and outdoor furniture. A shared services coordinator assists residents with social services and other special needs.

	Broadway Village I Apartments Opened July 2004 The July 2004 opening of a 16-unit apartment building completes the latest phase of development at Broadway Village I, a core component of Beyond Shelter's Broadway South Neighborhood Revitalization Project.	Broadway Village I Apartments
	Located on the corner of 78th and Broadway in South Los Angeles, the three-story complex includes one-, two- and three-bedroom units of affordable, service-enriched housing for formerly homeless and low-income families. Other amenities include a community room, office space, laundry facilities, small courtyards and a parking garage. Many donors have helped to furnish apartments for residents as well as community rooms or other areas, including the library, including Temple Israel of Hollywood's Big Sunday project, which furnished 10 apartments. The on-site Neighborhood Resource Center provides a broad range of programs and services to approximately 1,500 at-risk families, children and teens, and individuals a year. Services include crisis intervention, programs for homeless families, including the �Housing First� Program, resource and referral services, counseling for parents and children (through a collaboration with the South Central Training Consortium), and employment programs. Also on-site, a �Cutie Patootie� center funded by Rosie�s For All Kids Foundation houses a state-of-the-art on-site preschool for children ages 18 months to 5 years. At the center, child care is offered through a collaboration with the Children�s Collective, which provides a full-day preschool as well as �-day �respite care� for homeless parents and their children (families are also receiving services at the Neighborhood Resource Center). A playground and courtyard, funded by Vivendi Universal �Discover a Star� Foundation and the For All Kids Foundation, is available to children living at the apartment complex and visiting the Neighborhood Resource Center with their parents. The playground and courtyard provide a pleasant corridor between new Neighborhood Resource Center facilities and the main social services complex.

	Broadway Village II Opened July 2006 Broadway Village II Apartments is an additional major component of Beyond Shelter�s Neighborhood Revitalization Project (NRP) in South Los Angeles, developed by Beyond Shelter and its development affiliate, Beyond Shelter Housing Development Corporation. Located on South Broadway Ave. between 51st and 52nd streets in South Los	Broadway Village II
	Angeles, the 44,000-square-foot site includes a 50-unit service-enriched, affordable housing complex for low-income families. The complex features one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments, secured parking, a library, classrooms, a services coordinator's office, and community meeting rooms. On its first floor, the site also includes the Karsten Neighborhood Resource Center, which will open in August, 2008. The Center will be the second Neighborhood Resource Center along South Broadway Ave. (joining the center two miles to the south, at Broadway Village I) and it will provide a broad range of programs and services for residents of the community at-large. Beyond Shelter�s Broadway South Neighborhood Revitalization Project (NRP), began in 1993, shortly after the 1992 Civil Unrest, in response to critical housing shortages and social services needs in the area. Now in its second decade of development, the NRP includes multiple housing development and social services sites along a three-mile area of South Broadway. The Broadway Village II Apartment complex provides residents with: � On-site services are provided by a Services Coordinator from Beyond Shelter. Participation in services is not mandatory, but will be available to residents as needed, including crisis intervention, money management and life skills education, individual and family counseling, referrals for job development and job placement, parenting education, welfare and legal advocacy, children�s services and enrichment activities and assistance in accessing neighborhood and community resources. � Special programs and resources, including household furnishings, as needed, including field trips and picnics, Holiday parties and special events, and involvement with special needs of families and their children, through members of Temple Isaiah of West Los Angeles. � Tenant participation in management and in the development of programs and activities, through a Resident Management Committee. � Community Rooms for resident meetings, after-school tutorial programs, music and dance classes, and periodic adult education seminars, a Library/Study Room and Computer Lab. Residents at Broadway Village Apartments include single parent and two-parent families, many of whom were previously homeless, and approximately 150 children under the age 18. Families are low and very low-income, not exceeding 60% of the median income for Los Angeles County residents.
	Service-Enriched Housing Projects In Development

	Central Village In Construction � Estimated Completion � December 2008

	Located just south of Downtown Los Angeles, Central Village is a mixed-use project featuring 85 one-, two- and three bedroom apartments, which are being built above a commercial retail center. The commercial retail center will be comprised of a large anchor tenant (supermarket) and additional smaller retail spaces. The apartment complex will have an on-site services coordinator, who will provide services to the residents, coordinate resident activities and a resident advisory committee. Services will include information and referrals to resources and programs in the area, such as educational and enrichment programs, career opportunity programs, mental health services, substance abuse programs and domestic violence agencies.

	Mason Court Construction Start - July 2008

	Mason Court will provide service-enriched, affordable housing for former emancipated youth with children and other formerly homeless, special needs families. Located in the Willowbrook area of South Los Angeles, 12 units for very low-income residents are designed specifically as housing that will meet the needs of these high-risk parents and children. To help the residents to stabilize their lives and to prevent an occurrence of homelessness, an on-site services coordinator will provide them with counseling, crisis intervention, and coordination with other social services, such as mental health counseling, transportation and child care. Residents also will have access to an education and employment counselor who will coordinate and monitor community-based education, training, and employment programs.

	Avalon II In Pre-Development

	In an area hard hit by the Civil Unrest in 1992, Avalon II will provide affordable housing for 65 families in the unincorporated community of Willowbrook in Los Angeles. This service-enriched housing site will consist of 65 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments for very low- and low-income families. Through an on-site services coordinator, crisis intervention, case management and other social services will be available on-site to help residents address economic and other obstacles to improved well-being. The development is conveniently located near shopping areas, schools, public transportation, restaurants and churches. With unique entryways, deep windows, private patio space and varied floor plans, Avalon II is marked by attention to detail and commitment to personal identity. Fittingly, �interlocking� courtyards, designed for the comfort, safety and security of families, provide a transition from private to public space as they carve interesting pathways to the community building, library and children�s play area located in the middle of the development
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