La Quita to get green housing development

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Last updated: March 24, 2008 05:19pm

Coalition Unveils $90M Green Housing
By Bob Howard

"LA QUINTA, CA-The Coachella Valley Housing Coalition has started work on a 218-unit affordable housing and LEED-certified multifamily complex on nearly 15 acres in this upscale community near Palm Springs. The project, called Wolff Waters Place, will provide housing that is designed to be affordable for families earning 35% to 50% of the area's median income, or approximately $30,000 per year for a family of four.

Wolff Waters Place will include 22 buildings designed as townhomes, flats and garden apartments, each with a private outdoor patio or balcony. The project is unusual in that it targets large families, who often have the most difficult time finding affordable housing, coalition executive director John F. Mealey points out. Half the apartments have three or four bedrooms and will be offered at rents that are as much as 65% below market-rate apartments. The project will take nearly two years to be completed and is expected to obtain LEED certification for its construction and design.

The project site is in La Quinta's Redevelopment Area No. 2, at Avenue 48 and Dune Palms Road. The city's redevelopment agency sold the project site to CVHC for $1 and made $30 million to help fund the development. " ...

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