Affirmed Housing Completes New Veterans’ Housing Development in Chatsworth
05 Agosto 2024 - 12:21PM
Affirmed Housing, a leading provider of affordable housing
throughout California, announces the grand opening of Lumina.
Located in the Chatsworth neighborhood, Lumina is a new, supportive
housing development with onsite services aimed at helping people
experiencing homelessness, including formerly unhoused veterans and
people with disabilities, transition to more stable lives. It is
the first new apartment community for the unhoused in its district
and one of the first projects of its kind to be built outside of
the city’s southern and metro areas.
State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo remarked, “As the
Chair of the Assembly Military and Veteran Affairs Committee, I’m
especially proud that my own community of Chatsworth is housing
veterans experiencing chronic homelessness. I have been working
closely with Lumina to ensure people in our own community, with a
focus on veterans, get off the streets and into this permanent
housing with the services they need to get them on their feet for
the long term. This project exemplifies our commitment to real
solutions to homelessness and I’m so proud to have supported this
solution from the beginning."
“We have advocated for our veterans with hundreds of mayors in
Washington, DC so that they can receive the housing support and
services that they deserve while also locking arms with our city
partners to bring our unhoused veterans inside and prevent them
from falling into homelessness in the first place,” said Los
Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. “Projects like this are an important part
of our overall approach to save lives and bring people inside and
further the City’s efforts to prevent and end homelessness. The
number of people experiencing homelessness has dropped for the
first time in years and we remain committed to urgently continuing
this progress by bringing more people inside as more affordable and
permanent housing is being built.”
Formerly the site of a vacant car lot, Lumina is a five-story
development that delivers 54 studio apartments for households
earning 30% of the area median income (AMI), with half reserved for
unhoused veterans, and one manager unit. Lumina was developed with
funding from California’s Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention
Program (VHHP) and Measure HHH, a $1.2-billion bond that Los
Angeles voters overwhelmingly approved for the development of
supportive housing for unsheltered individuals and families
throughout the city.
“Housing resources, like Lumina, help break cycles of chronic
homelessness by combining housing and supportive care and services
under one roof,” said Jimmy Silverwood, president of Affirmed
Housing. “Lumina is a safe, secure environment where residents can
reacclimate and have seamless access to specialized resources that
improve their quality of life. Lumina and projects like it that
prioritize the health and wellness of occupants enhance lives and
make our cities and communities better places to live.”
In addition to housing, Lumina features onsite case managers
from The People Concern, who deliver specialized care and guidance
to help the formerly unhoused residents build a more solid
foundation for a healthy and safe future. Case worker offices are
situated on the ground floor in a shared, secured office space,
adjacent to a staff break room for easy tenant access. The building
includes several shared amenities to encourage community
engagement, such as a rooftop deck and nearly 2,000 square feet of
ground floor space with bike storage, a laundry room and a large
community room with media areas and a kitchen space. Sustainable
elements are also incorporated throughout the building, including
energy efficient appliances in each studio apartment.
Lumina is situated close to several off-site amenities that
foster more independent living. Nearby are a pharmacy, grocery
store and a park. Public transportation options are easily
accessible, among them are a Metro bus transit stop conveniently
located just steps away from the property and the Metro’s
Chatsworth Station lies within half a mile.
About Affirmed HousingAffirmed Housing is a
leader in affordable, multifamily housing development, delivering
safe, sustainable, high-quality communities for families, veterans,
seniors and people experiencing homelessness. The company works
with municipalities and private owners throughout California to
promote housing stability and neighborhood well-being by leveraging
deep expertise in public finance, low-income housing tax credits,
and tax-exempt bond finance, as well as site selection,
engineering, architecture, construction, relocation and marketing.
Since 1992, Affirmed Housing has financed nearly $3 billion in
affordable and supportive development, with more than 6,000
apartment units developed or under development in more than 70
communities. To date, Affirmed Housing has completed 22 supportive
housing communities with nearly 1,500 apartment homes serving
formerly unhoused Californians in operation, and more than 500
supportive homes are in the pipeline or under construction. The
company has offices in San Diego and San Jose. Visit:
www.affirmedhousing.com.
Contacts:
Vicky Jay
Blattel Communications
415.413.4526
vicky@blattel.com