NOT JUST A DREAM LOW-RENT HOMES OPEN.Byline: GREGORY J. WILCOX Wilcox may refer to: Place names in the United States
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VAN NUYS -- After waiting five years, Pilar Pilar strong-minded female leader of a group of guerrillas in the Spanish Civil War. [Am. Lit.: Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls] See : Female Power Pilar Luna finally got the keys to her bit of heaven. It's a two-bedroom apartment at Cecil Younger Gardens, a new 30-unit affordable housing complex at 14649 Saticoy St. in Van Nuys developed by L.A. Family Housing, a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. agency that operates a variety of programs in the county. Luna, a single mother, and her three children had been living in a one- bedroom apartment in North Hollywood. ``I was very happy and excited,'' she said on Tuesday about notification she had finally been selected for the agency's complex. ``My daughter has a bedroom now, and my sons have a bedroom.'' Officials at the North Hollywood-based agency and others associated with the project expressed similar delight at Tuesday's grand opening. The complex is named for the late Cecil Younger, the former director of loan development for Culver cul·ver n. A dove or pigeon. [Middle English, from Old English culufre, from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula, diminutive of columba, dove.] City-based Century Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing lender and one of the partners in this endeavor. While at Century, Younger helped finance more than 3,000 units of affordable housing. For his daughter, Cecilia, who came from San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. for the event, it was an emotional day. ``It's really nice to have my father honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. . I didn't learn about the many things he did for the community until after he had died,'' she said. G. Allan Kingston, president and chief executive officer of Century, said Cecil Younger's work continues. ``It really is a plus for Century to be involved with you as a partner in creating affordable housing,'' he told Vivian Ramirez, the agency's interim chief executive officer. The $7.2 million complex, bordered by a light industrial area on its north side and by a mix of apartments and houses on the other sides, will serve low-income families. Painted in mustard mustard, common name for the Cruciferae, a large family chiefly of herbs of north temperate regions. The easily distinguished flowers of the Cruciferae have four petals arranged diagonally ("cruciform") and alternating with the four sepals. and oatmeal tones, the three-story building has 16 two-bedroom units, 10 three-bedroom units and four units with four bedrooms each. Also part of the complex are a child-development center, parking garage, a community room and outdoor play space with a basketball court. Each housing unit is wired with free high-speed Internet See broadband. access and has a balcony Balcony (from Italian balcone, scaffold; cf. High German balcho, beam, balk; probably cognate with Persian term بالكانه bālkāneh or its older variant . Floor space ranges from 682 square feet to 1,165 square feet. The agency always has a waiting list of about 200 people for its 21 facilities that include temporary and permanent housing. Eighteen of the properties are apartment complexes. Funding partners for Cecil Younger Gardens included Century, Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. , the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Affordable Housing program and the city of Los Angeles
The housing trust fund's $2 million loan does not have to be repaid as long as the complex is operated as an affordable housing facility, officials said. Ramirez said tenants' financial situation is evaluated every year. If it improves to the point they do not qualify for this program, the agency will work to eventually place them in other housing. Mercedes Marquez, general manager of the 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. City Housing Department, said that projects like this are important to Los Angeles. ``Before the good, the bad and the ugly take place with respect to regentrification, we've got to make sure affordable housing is part of the process.'' L.A. Family Housing can be reached at 818-982-4091. greg.wilcox(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3743 PARTNERING FOR AFFORDABILITY L.A. Family Housing's affordable apartment complexes are for residents whose annual income is 60 percent or less of the Los Angeles County median income. The nonprofit agency receives funding from a variety of private sector firms and government agencies. Here are some sample rents: $419 for a two-bedroom unit for a family earning 30 percent of the median county income. $713 for a three-bedroom unit for a family earning 50 percent of the median county income. $959 for a four-bedroom unit for a family earning 60 percent of the county median income. Rents are considered affordable for families with an annual income of between $16,875 and $45,600. Source: L.A. Family Housing CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) Cars stop Tuesday outside L.A. Family Housing's newest affordable housing, Cecil Younger Gardens in Van Nuys. (2 -- color) Children of the Saticoy Street area watch Tuesday as officials formally open Cecil Younger Gardens in Van Nuys -- 30 housing units, each with two to four bedrooms, for low-income residents. (3 -- color) An inviting front room and kitchen area are part of one of the 30 affordable housing units in the new Cecil Younger Gardens complex that formally opened Tuesday in Van Nuys. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: PARTNERING FOR AFFORDABILITY (see text) |
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