 Contact Director of Grants Vera de Vera today at (213) 413-4130 to learn more about this topic. |
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The foundation focuses on solutions that promote stable living environments for low-income families and individuals by providing them with safe, affordable places to live. It is also committed to providing low-income residents with a voice in decisions that affect their quality of life and access to neighborhood services.
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Goal:
- Provide a stable living environment for low-income families and individuals by increasing the supply of affordable housing and access to it in Los Angeles County.
Objectives:
- Expand the availability of affordable housing in Los Angeles by supporting intermediaries and nonprofit organizations effectively engaged in producing or preserving affordable housing.
- Build a supportive policy environment that promotes increased affordable housing production and preservation.
- Demonstrate the effectiveness of a comprehensive community-building model. The model would emphasize long-term, multidisciplinary strategies to help low-income communities plan and implement coordinated, integrated, community-wide revitalization activities. The focus would be on affordable housing development, resident involvement and leadership, and improvements in the delivery of services within a targeted community.
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Priorities:
- Intermediaries that provide institutional capacity building and other technical assistance to nonprofit organizations that work in affordable housing and community development.
- Strong organizations with a proven track record in affordable housing development for low-income and special needs people. These organizations have effective governance, sound financial management systems and skilled and experienced staff. Their work includes new construction, preservation of affordable units and rehabilitation of existing units for underserved populations, including disabled, elderly and homeless people.
- Policy development and advocacy efforts that promote increased affordable housing for low-income and special needs populations.
- For the community-building demonstration effort, applications will be limited to nonprofit organizations located in or providing services within the demonstration site. They will be solicited through a separate Request For Proposal process.
Community Building Initiative
The El Monte Community Building Initiative (CBI) is a 10-year effort to revitalize the community by engaging residents and developing their leadership, and improving their physical environment and social services. This multimillion-dollar investment will be in the form of grants and loans directed through partnerships with nonprofit groups and the local government in the City of El Monte. Click here to read more about the CBI. Contact Virginia Mosqueda, director of civic engagement, at (213) 413-4130 for more information about this program.
Grantees (July 2007- June 2008)
| Organization |
Award Date |
Grant Amount |
Geographic Area Served |
Purpose |
| Bet Tzedek - The House of Justice |
3/19/2008 |
$200,000 |
Metro L.A. |
Two-year capacity building support under the Homeownership Preservation Initiative to provide legal assistance and representation to homeowners faced with unlawful mortgage defaults and foreclosure. |
| California Reinvestment Coalition |
3/19/2008 |
$150,000 |
Los Angeles County |
Two-year project support to implement the Southern California component of the California Housing Preservation Initiative that will fund about 20 Southern California nonprofit housing organizations to serve 40,000 low-income homeowners. |
| Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. |
10/3/2007 |
$200,000 |
Los Angeles County |
18-month support for operating and start-up expenses for the launch of the New Generation Fund, an affordable housing site acquisition fund that will help to create up to 20,000 housing units in the City of Los Angeles over the next 10 years. |
| Hollywood Community Housing Corporation |
10/3/2007 |
$162,500 |
Metro L.A. |
Two-year capital support for a nonprofit housing organization to build its permanent office facility at Mariposa Place, a mixed-used development project that will also provide 58 units of affordable housing for low-income families in Hollywood. |
| Housing California |
3/19/2008 |
$100,000 |
California |
Two-year core operating support for a statewide coalition focusing on policy and advocacy efforts to increase the variety and supply of affordable housing in California and particularly in Los Angeles County. |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles |
3/19/2008 |
$200,000 |
South Los Angeles County |
Two-year capacity-building support under the Homeownership Preservation Initiative to address the subprime mortgage crisis in Los Angeles by hiring additional staff to focus entirely on foreclosure prevention and intervention litigation. |
| Los Angeles Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (LA ACORN) |
3/19/2008 |
$100,000 |
South Los Angeles County |
Two-year core operating support for a grassroots community organization to engage low-income residents in Los Angeles to advocate for the preservation and increased production of affordable housing. |
| Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice |
3/19/2008 |
$200,000 |
Metro L.A. |
Two-year capacity-building support under the Homeownership Preservation Initiative for legal assistance and representation and loss mitigation referrals of at least 40 households in the East Los Angeles area that face mortgage defaults or foreclosure |
| Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness |
10/3/2007 |
$130,000 |
Los Angeles County |
Two-year core operating support for a community organizing and public policy organization that advocates for the rights of homeless people and for the protection and expansion of affordable housing opportunities for homeless and low-income people in L.A. County. |
| LTSC Community Development Corporation |
3/19/2008 |
$100,000 |
Metro L.A. |
Two-year core operating support for a social service and regional community development organization to develop 263 affordable housing units and community facility space in North Hollywood, South Los Angeles and Koreatown. |
| Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, Inc. |
3/19/2008 |
$200,000 |
Los Angeles County |
Three-year support under the Homeownership Preservation Initiative to provide direct, individualized legal services to victims of wrongful lending practices resulting in homeowners being in risk of or already in foreclosure. |
| Public Counsel |
3/19/2008 |
$200,000 |
Metro L.A. |
Two-year capacity building support under the Homeownership Preservation Initiative to hire additional staff to expand legal capacity to assist and advocate on the behalf of distressed consumers facing foreclosure or home equity fraud. |
| West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation |
3/19/2008 |
$100,000 |
West Hollywood |
Two-year core operating support for an organization that will develop 112 units of permanent affordable housing in West Hollywood and Glendale. |
Total grants |
$2,030,000 |
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