NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Venice Community Housing is currently developing four (4) new projects. Three of the projects will be 100% supportive units to serve those who are experiencing homelessness upon move in. One project will be a mix of affordable and supportive units.

VCH is partnering with Downtown Crenshaw Rising and Liberty Community Land Trust on a site at 4345 Crenshaw Blvd. We are currently in the planning phase with the architects, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces. To learn more about Downtown Crenshaw Rising, click here. To learn more about Liberty Community Land Trust, click here.

To view a fact sheet about the property, click here.

The Journey Apartments

Venice Community Housing is planning to build The Journey Apartments at 2469-2471 Lincoln Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291. VCH will create 40 new units of much-needed affordable, supportive housing including studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms. Preliminary plans include open space and the preservation of important community services of Safe Place for Youth (SPY) on the ground floor. Lincoln Apartments will help continue to address the overwhelming need for supportive housing for people who are chronically houseless, especially in Venice and throughout the Westside of Los Angeles, one of the regions most undeserved by affordable and supportive housing development. Providing housing and supportive services to persons who are most vulnerable helps establish and maintain stability and health, reduce costs for emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and jail stays, and contribute to the overall inclusive and equitable development of the neighborhood.

Click Lincoln Apartments for the PowerPoint presentation provided at the February 6, 2020 VNC Land Use and Planning Committee Meeting.

Marian Place is located at 2217 Marian Place. The project will include renovation of the existing bungalows and the construction of two 2-bedroom Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s). The project will consist of single and shared housing for families experiencing homelessness upon move in.

Venice Community Housing and Hollywood Community Housing, with Eric Owen Moss Architects, are working to obtain City approvals for 140 new homes on the City-owned parking lot between North and South Venice Blvd, and Pacific and Dell Avenues.   This proposed development will provide both affordable and supportive housing, live-in property management staff, an on-site social services team, open space, micro-enterprise/small scale retail, and the new and exciting Gregory Hines Art Studio.

Key City documents regarding the project’s Planning/Land Use approval process can be found here, here, here, here, and here.

Additional documents related to various approvals are:

1634 20th Street

Venice Community Housing and Community Corporation of Santa Monica are partnering on the upcoming project at 1634 20th St. in Santa Monica. To provide comments and feedback regarding the presentation, please email 1634TwentyStreet@vchcorp.org

Part of the development strategy is to include an art installation. To learn more, please click the RFP button below.

Image represents existing condition

On March 28, 2022, Venice Community Housing received approval from the State of California to develop permanent supportive housing at LAX Suites, under the Project Homekey program.

Located at 11838 Aviation Blvd, in the Del Aire neighborhood of unincorporated LA County, LAX Suites will be renovated into a 48-unit permanent supportive housing development.   It will provide homes for 47 households experiencing homelessness and/or at risk of homelessness, and also have one onsite staff residential unit for a full-time Property Manager.   The property will also have comprehensive on-site services to support residents, provided by a trained, professional social service team.

Any current tenants living at LAX Suites will be able to maintain their tenancy if their income qualifies them for the extremely low-income targeting, and/or be provided full relocation benefits and supports.

To view the LAX Suites powerpoint, click here.

To view a project fact sheet, click here.

To view the FAQ for LAX Suites click here

To view the LAX Suites Property Management & Tenant Selection Plan click here

To view the LAX Suites Supportive Services Plan click here