$9 million secured for homeless projects and building affordable housing

Ontario Construction News staff writer

The City of Los Angeles has secured $9.34 million in congressionally directed spending to continue confronting the homelessness crisis and making affordable housing more available.

Mayor Karen Bass made the announcement as she leads an international delegation to generate business development and learn from innovative housing, green transportation and infrastructure projects to prepare Los Angeles ahead of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Funding will go to health, and safety improvements at interim and permanent housing facilities and to build more housing on publicly-owned land including the following initiatives:

Inside Safe – $3 million 

• Enhance the City of Los Angeles’s Inside Safe initiative.

Gower Street Apartments Improvements – $3 million

• Building renovations for a supportive housing building for seniors who have previously experienced homelessness. Built in 1930, the building does not conform to contemporary standards of accessibility and these improvements will make the living arrangements safer, cleaner, and more accessible.

Prentice Permanent Supportive Housing Improvements – $1.8 million

• Renovate 45-unit permanent supportive housing building to provide a safer and healthier environment for the residents, who are people who previously experienced homelessness.

Saticoy Gardens Permanent Supportive Housing Renovations – $500,000 

• Improve the health, safety, and living conditions of the residents in this 30-unit permanent supportive housing building.

411 N. Vermont St. Site Preparation for Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Development – $500,000 

• Prepare the city-owned property for construction of a mixed-use project containing 100% affordable housing. This project will help move Angelenos inside by delivering new permanent supportive housing units.

Alabama Court Renovations – $500,000

• Preserve the housing site to continue serving Angelenos who have experienced homelessness or who are at risk of experiencing homelessness.