About

LINC Housing has a 27-year history of creating communities for thousands of families and seniors throughout California. LINC is committed to building and preserving housing that is affordable, environmentally sustainable, and a catalyst for community improvement. And through our LINC Cares program, we’re also providing life-enhancing services that improve the quality of life for our residents.

LINC’s Mission:

LINC provides housing for people underserved by the marketplace. Our communities are known for excellent design, outstanding management, and life-enhancing services.

LINC’s Strategy for California:

In this challenging economy, LINC Housing and LINC Cares remain committed to our overall goal of serving California communities through housing. Now more than ever, we’re focused on helping our residents through these difficult times and finding new and creative ways to keep building and preserving affordable homes. We’ll accomplish our goals by implementing the following strategies:

•	Develop and construct new affordable housing for seniors, families and special needs populations

•	Protect California’s affordable housing supply through purchase of existing rentals

•	Raise the design quality and environmental sustainability of all LINC communities

•	Develop urban in-fill, mixed-use, and transit-oriented properties

•	Provide supportive services that enhance the lives of our residents

•	Advocate strong public policy for affordable housing

The Need for Affordable Housing:

Despite the economic crisis, California’s population will continue to rise at an alarming rate. In just 20 years the U.S. Census projects our state’s population to increase by 20 million, resulting in a striking 59 million people by 2030. Our state has not been able to build enough affordable housing to keep up. A 2007 Special Report by the California Budget Project states that housing is the largest cost for most Californians and two-thirds of low-income working families rent. Further, California has the second-most expensive rental housing in the nation, resulting in many residents, particularly low-wage workers, struggling to afford safe and decent rental housing. Many of those that did have homes are now devastated by foreclosure and unemployment, making the need for affordable housing even more critical.

The affordable housing crisis, further exacerbated by the effects of the economic recession, is painfully evident among Los Angeles’ residents. From 2007 to 2010, poverty rates in Los Angeles rose from 14.7% to 16.1%, unemployment rates skyrocketed from 5.1% to 12.6%, and the number of medically uninsured reached 28.9% (LAANE, 2010; CA EDD.). Now more than ever it is important for LINC to continue addressing housing needs with new construction, acquisition/rehab, and the preservation of at-risk affordable housing.

LINC’s History:

California’s population reached 36.5 million in 2007 and is expected to climb to 49 million by the year 2025. Even with the ups and downs of our economy, California continues to be the land of opportunity for immigrants, techies, entertainers, engineers, farmers and their families…and they all need housing.

Visionaries in government and business realized that with the escalating price of land, certain segments of the population would be left behind with no hope to own or even rent a place to live: retired teachers and service sector personnel, and young working families in both California’s urban and rural economies. In 1984, the Southern California Association of Governments formed a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization they named the Corporate Fund for Housing (CFH), and selected a board of directors comprised of government and business leaders that would see the way toward securing affordable homes for these vital members of our growing economy.

Building on the experience and relationships gained in these early developments, CFH formed a new entity, LINC Housing, with an expanded mission, staff, and service area. LINC is an acronym for Limited Income Communities. LINC creates and preserves housing with careful attention paid to quality design, environmental sustainability and life-enhancing resident services. We have developed a wide variety of affordable homes through new construction, acquisition and rehabilitation of at-risk housing, historic preservation, and purchase of manufactured home parks. Each is unique to its neighborhood and the residents who call it home. To date, LINC has helped create more than 7,000 affordable homes in 59 communities throughout California.

As we enter our 27th year of service to California communities, we are grateful for the support of the many people and businesses that partner with us to make it possible. Our board and staff are energized with new vision for design and finance. We will continue to break new ground in ways to serve our California communities through housing.

View our map with the complete listing of LINC communities.