Case Studies

Yosemite Village: Revitalizing Affordable Housing in West Fresno

Examines the financing challenges of using the HOPE VI program in combination with Low Income Housing Tax Credits to revitalize and transform public housing.

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New Carver Apartments: Supportive Housing in Los Angeles

Examines the financing challenges of developing supportive housing during a time of financial crisis.

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Turnagain Apartments: Preserving Affordable Housing in San Diego County

Examines the financing challenges of rescuing older HUD-assisted properties without the support of full Section 8 rents.

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Marymead Park: Preserving and Improving one of Marysville's Oldest Affordable Developments

How Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition and Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) renovated and preserved an aging scattered site in Marysville.

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Why Preserve Existing Affordable Rental Housing? One Tenant’s Story (And A Call For More)

How the renovation of Beechwood Manor in Lancaster, California, renewed the life of one woman and her family.

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Plaza de Las Flores: Preserving At-Risk Senior Housing

How CHPC helped Christian Church Homes of Northern California acquire and preserve a senior apartment complex in Sunnyvale, California using an innovative acquisition loan program.

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Kern Villa: Preserving At-Risk Housing By Leveraging Section 8

How CHPC helped East LA Community Corporation’s (ELACC) successfully acquire a family Section 8 property in Los Angeles using a creative method of financing, leveraging additional income from the project-based Section 8 contract.

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Aspen Tenderloin Apartments: A Case Study on Saving California’s Older SROs

How the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Center (TNDC) preserved the Aspen Apartments, a much needed single occupancy (SRO) hotel in San Francisco.

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Rehabilitation of Aging HUD Properties: The Preservation of Martinelli House

How CHPC helped Mercy Housing revitalize and preserve an aging HUD 236 property.

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Preserving Affordable Homes in Sacramento

How Community Housing Opportunities Corporation (CHOC) and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) preserved Washington Square III and Sherwood Court Apartments.

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