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LINC HOUSING CORPORATION FOCUSED ON PROVIDING QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS AND FAMILIES IN CALIFORNIA

LONG BEACH, Calif. — With 23 years in the affordable housing industry, LINC Housing Corporation (LINC) has had a hand in the development of more than 6,000 homes in more than 45 communities throughout California. As one of the most productive nonprofit developers of affordable housing for seniors and families, LINC’s goal is to enhance the lives of its residents and the communities in which they live by increasing the supply of affordable, well-managed and service-enriched housing.

Hunter L. Johnson, LINC president and CEO, says affordable housing is a quality-of-life issue for all Californians. “While investors speculate about the vulnerability of the housing market, it’s clear that vulnerability ultimately rests with people, not markets,” said Johnson. “When the high cost of housing means that families and seniors pay upwards of 60 and 70 percent of their income for rent, which is often the case in California, more people will be in a position of having to choose between shelter and food, shelter and clothing, or shelter and basic health care.”

Team Effort
LINC is committed to helping its community partners achieve the best local outcomes. The organization’s development, asset management, accounting, resident services and support staff work together to deliver comprehensive service to communities. When development is completed, LINC’s asset management and accounting teams ensure that each property is maintained and kept within local regulatory requirements, while the LINC Cares resident services team works to improve residents’ social and economic well-being. LINC builds both the housing and social capital that are the basis of a sustainable community.

Recent successes in 2005 and 2006 include: the renovation of 59 family apartments and construction of a new community center at Shasta County’s SEASONS at Los Robles in Anderson, new construction of 80 family apartments at Tuolumne Village in Parlier and 120 family apartments at Sunnyside in Merced, both central valley communities with a high population of workers in the agricultural industry.

In addition, construction began on 81 family apartments at Riverview in Barstow, 81 senior apartments at Zaninovich Village in Orange Cove, and 150 units at Dorado Senior Apartments in Buena Park. Renovation will begin soon for 230 family apartments at Pepperwood in Rancho Cucamonga. Other developments are underway in Redding, Bakersfield, Palm Springs, Corcoran, Los Angeles, Yreka, Sacramento, Compton, and Delano.

Industry Innovation and Leadership
Beyond its contribution to California’s supply of affordable housing, LINC is an ongoing contributor to the evolution of the industry. Several of LINC’s projects represent the leading edge in affordable housing design. An example is SEASONS at Miraflores in La Quinta, a mixed-tenure affordable community offering both rental housing for seniors and for-sale housing for families. Another example is SEASONS at Compton, a property currently under development that will offer the unique residential blend of limited-income seniors, developmentally disabled adults, and seniors with developmentally disabled adult dependents. LINC is also among the first to integrate the principles of green building into the development of affordable communities.

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