80 modular homes were placed at Western Landing, a new supportive housing community in Harbor City Thursday.
Each of these units was built somewhere else and taken to Harbor City where they were stacked and settled. KNX News’ Nataly Tavidian spoke to Councilmember Tim McOsker, who said this helps speed up the process.
“Each one of the modular units comes in one by one and a very large crane stacks them side by side four high,” he said. “Each one of these modular units has two apartments in it.”
Nonprofit affordable housing developer Adobe Communities is in charge of the project. McOsker said this is the second project produced by a $40 million grant known as the HHH Innovation Challenge Award.
McOsker said this permanent supportive housing for the homeless will come together in about nine days. It will provide services like drug addiction help, medical services, individual and group therapy, connections to mental and physical health care, employment and education resources, and more.
Additional building amenities include a landscaped outdoor space, at-grade parking, onsite property management and resident services, and a community space.
Holly Benson, president & CEO of Abode Communities, said this is a replicable and scalable model.
“This innovation challenge that the city put forth and that we responded to with our proposal is really one of many ways in which we're thinking about how do we streamline so design goes more quickly, entitlements go more quickly, construction goes more quickly,” Benson said.
Through this model, five supportive housing developments will bring a total of 400 homes in the city of L.A., including the homes at Western Landing in Harbor City.
California Dept. of Housing & Community Development's Housing for a Healthy California and Infill Infrastructure Grant Programs provided $15.5 million for the project. Another $19.7 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits equity, in partnership with equity investor Enterprise Community Partners, funded the development, along with a $36.4 million construction loan and $6.9 million permanent loan in partnership with JPMorgan Chase.
The Housing Authority of the city of Los Angeles also provided $32 million in project-based operating subsidies.
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