Elected officials, community members and housing leaders gathered Friday to welcome residents to two new affordable communities in City Heights.
Residents at City Heights Place and City Heights Plaza Del Sol, the result of a partnership between local nonprofits Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation and Price Philanthropies, will provide a combined 135 affordable homes to low-income residents.
“Before getting affordable housing my daughter and I had to rent rooms in other people’s houses and never had a place of our own where we could feel at ease.” resident Lydia Sanchez said. “Now we get to cook healthy food in our own kitchen and feel more relaxed.”
Building new affordable housing is part of a broader mission for Wakeland and Price Philanthropies, both with a long history of investment in City Heights.