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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.
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 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.
Umoja Apartments
(House of Untiy)
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 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 services coordinator on-site. Residents can access additional services at the nearby Broadway Village I (see below).
Curits 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 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 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
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. Located 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 half-day respite care for homeless parents and their children (families are also receiving services at the Neighborhood Resource Center). A KaBoom! playspace, funded by The Wasserman Foundation and built by volunteers from Wasserman Media Group and community residents is the newest addition to Broadway Village I. The playspace serves children residing at Broadway Village II, as well as the children whose parents are receiving services at the adjacent Neighborhood Resource Center.
As part of their "Orange Days of Giving," in 2009, 200 volunteers from ING Direct painted, repaired, organized, landscaped, and added new technology to the Neighborhood Resource Center, the Child Care Center and the apartment complex.
Broadway Village II Apartments
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 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, the second Neighborhood Resource Center along South Broadway Ave. (joining the center two miles to the south, at Broadway Village I) together, the two centers 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.
Opened in 2009

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 is comprised of a large anchor tenant (supermarket) and additional smaller retail spaces. The apartment complex has an on-site services coordinator, who is responsible for working directly with residents to identify their needs and organize service coordination to enhance their social and economic well-being. The Services Coordinator provides crisis intervention services and support for residents, resource and referrals to community agencies, advocacy services, and on-site educational and enrichment services delivered by local service providers. The Services Coordinator also supports a Resident Management Committee, which represents all residents and helps with the planning and implementation of services, programs and activities, working as a team with the Services Coordinator.
The Central Village Apartments is part of a mixed-use development, and is built over approximately 50,000 sq. ft. of commercial retail space and a subterranean garage. The residents' lobby and parking access is on 21st Street, separate from the commercial activities on Central Avenue and 20th Street, and access to the residential units is separate from all commercial activities and restricted to the project's residents. The project is located across the street from the local elementary school and close to other amenities, including public transportation.
Service-Enriched Housing
Projects In Development
Mason Court
Construction Start - Fall 2009

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 are located in the middle of the development. |