CITY MAY USE GRANT FOR LOW-COST HOMES.Byline: - Cecilia Chan The City Council on Tuesday will look at using a $750,000 grant to help build an 11-unit affordable-housing complex in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . The Area Housing Authority of the County of Ventura wants to build the two-bedroom units, which would be rented to lower-income households, on a vacant lot at 3302 Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
``Without the city's participation, this project would not be affordable,'' said Douglas Tapking, Area Housing Authority executive director. ``These are 11 units that will benefit needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. families.'' The agency was formed in 1972 under a Joint Powers Agreement joint powers agreement n. a contract between a city, a county, and/or a special district in which the city or county agrees to perform services, cooperate with, or lend its powers to, the special district. among the cities of Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , Thousand Oaks and the unincorporated areas In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, i.e., a city or town with its own government. of Ventura County. The agency's housing complexes in Thousand Oaks are Leggett Court, Florence Janss, Fiore Gardens, Glenn Oaks and Los Arboles. The agency has secured a $1.3 million bank loan toward the construction of the $2.4 million two-story town-home complex, to be known as Sunset Village. The city would give the $750,000 grant in two installments. Tapking said the goal is for the complex to be built by the middle of next year. The Area Housing Authority has five other low-income units in Thousand Oaks. In November, the City Council awarded a contract to the agency to build the 57-unit Oak Creek Oak Creek, city (1990 pop. 19,513), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1955. Electronic, plastic, paper, metal, and concrete products; machinery; computers; chemicals; and transportation equipment are made there. Senior Villas project on Thousand Oaks Boulevard. The city, which contributed $2.5 million to the affordable senior complex, anticipates a grand opening in 2003. Thousand Oaks' housing prices and rents are among the highest in the area. Tapking calls the Sunset Village project significant. ``Our waiting list is still a year long,'' he said. ``And we've closed it because the needs are so high. We will open up the list sometime next year but we never have any difficulties in filling a low-income unit.'' Tapking said up to 80 percent of residents who live in agency housing work in low-paying service jobs and the rest are seniors on fixed incomes. Most of the tenants earn below 30 percent of the median family income of $71,800. For a family of four that comes out to about $21,500 a year. ``They can be service workers, part-time employees in markets,'' he said. ``They could be people who work in restaurants, in Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, . We have people who work for Ventura County, for various cities. We have public employees who are single moms.'' CAPTION(S): map Map: Proposed Sunset Village project |
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