Award of Excellence: Valencia Grove Affordable Housing Community

摘要

The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino won a 2017 Award of Excellence in Project Design for utilizing an innovative modular construction format and building an affordable mixed-use community. Nominated from among the NAHRO Award of Merit winners each year, the Awards of Excellence winners are chosen by national juries and honored at the annual National Conference and Exhibition in October. They represent the very best in innovative programs in assisted housing and community development. The Project Design category focuses primarily on the physical or landscape design of a building or project. Built in 1942, Valencia Grove was the first public housing development in the County of San Bernardino. In 2013, the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino (HACSB) (http://ww2.hacsb.com/) and their affliate non-profit developer, Housing Partners I, Inc. (HPI), began the much-needed revitalization of the development. During the first phase, 62 of the original 115 units were demolished to make way for 85 new affordable housing units throughout 13 two-story buildings. HACSB provided 84 Project-Based Vouchers, with one of the units set aside for the onsite manager. This initial phase, which cost approximately $35 million, was funded by 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), tax-exempt bonds, and conventional financing.