CITY ANNOUNCES LATEST ROUND OF LOW-COST HOMES VALLEY NOT INCLUDED IN PROJECTS.Byline: Staff and Wire Services The city has pledged $11.7 million from the Housing Trust Fund for a handful of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. projects, potentially creating 442 residential units, but none in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , city officials said Friday. The projects mark the end of the second round of the Housing Trust Fund High Leverage Program, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California and East Valley Councilwoman Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. , chairwoman of the Housing and Community Development Committee. The goal is to use a combination of city, federal, state and private dollars to fund such projects. None of the nine projects named is in the Valley, but instead are clustered in three Eastside and downtown council districts. The disparity hasn't escaped the notice of Greuel, a former official with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other city officials. Greuel's staff said the councilwoman is asking for more outreach meetings with developers interested in building affordable housing in areas left out of this round of funding. Another round of grants will be issued in November. Housing Department officials selected projects based on design, potential for positive effect on the neighborhood, estimated cost and how well they qualified for funding from sources outside the city. Officials also looked to target key populations such as seniors and low-income residents. ``Affordable housing for working families is critical in attracting and retaining a quality work force of our city,'' Greuel said. ``We are asking Sacramento to give to the city its fair share of resources so we can build the housing the city so desperately needs.'' In the first phase of the HLP (filename extension) hlp - A Microsoft Windows filename extension for hypertext WinHelp files. These are in a proprietary format, and are compiled from source files written in a dialect of RTF. See also gid. Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.winhelp. implementation, the city successfully combined more than $12 million from the Housing Trust Fund with about $75 million in federal, state and private funding. |
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