Colonia San Martin
Permanent Supportive Housing

This aerial image looking South was taken on March 7, 2008, by Donny Lieberman/Sunseri Constructon.

The AIDS Housing Alliance (AHA) has purchased 3 acres of vacant land near Florin Mall and has received Sacramento County Planning permission to build 60 units of housing and a community services building there. Forty of the units are reserved for low-income individuals and families in households where at least one person has HIV/AIDS. The other twenty are affordable to those with low-income regardless of HIV status

There are two different building configurations.

• Type A includes a mix of four1-bedroom apartments and two 2-bedroom apartments.
• Type B consists of three 2 storey 3-bedroom townhomes.

The Community Building contains a large dining/conference room, a kitchen, social work and administration offices, a medical exam room, a computer room for residents, apartment manager’s office and laundry facilities. All buildings will incorporate energy-conservation and green/sustainable materials. The outdoor space includes a community garden, play areas, B-B-Q, picnic tables and parking.

This project is AHA’s most ambitious to-date and more than doubles its existing portfolio. The total project cost will be over $12 million. So far AHA has commitments of HOPWA (HUD’s Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS) grants of $1.5 million, a grant of $400,000 from the Federal Home Loan Bank and a commitment of over $11 million in Federal and State low-income housing tax credits. That will still leave AHA to raise funds for furnishings – especially for the community building. AHA will be looking for individual and corporate sponsors of a capital campaign. The Kaiser Permanente Foundation has generously donated $250,000.

Construction began in the Fall of 2007 and is now rapidly progressing. Completion is anticipated in the Fall 2008.

AHA has chosen the firms of Mogavero Notestine Associates as architects and Sunseri Construction as builders. AHA is being advised by Mercy Housing California supported by a grant from Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency.

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