About

Linc Housing's mission is to build communities and strengthen neighborhoods for people underserved by the marketplace.

Linc Housing

Since 1984, Linc Housing has built a strong track record of creating communities for thousands of families and seniors throughout California. We're committed to building and preserving housing that is affordable, environmentally sustainable, and a catalyst for community improvement. Linc works hard to address the homelessness crisis by building supportive housing and addressing the affordable housing needs of our state's diverse population. Through our resident services, we're also providing life-enhancing programs and intensive case management services (ICMS) that improve the quality of life for those who live in our communities.

Our Values

INTEGRITY
CARING
INNOVATION
EXCELLENCE
TRANSPARENCY
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WHAT WE DO

Linc approaches affordable housing in a multi-faceted way by implementing the following strategies:
Build new affordable housing

Preserve existing affordable housing

Develop and retrofit for sustainability

Provide supportive services

Advocate for strong affordable housing policy

The Linc story

In the 1980s, visionaries in government and business realized that with the escalating price of land, certain segments of California's 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 1984, concerned civic leaders formed a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization they named the Corporate Fund for Housing (CFH), and the organization began working toward securing affordable homes for these vital members of our growing economy.

Building on the experience and relationships gained in these early developments, in 1993 CFH formed a new entity, Linc Housing, with an expanded mission, staff, and service area. Since that time, the organization has developed a wide variety of affordable apartment homes through new construction, acquisition and rehabilitation of at-risk housing, historic preservation, and adaptive re-use. Linc creates and preserves housing with careful attention paid to quality, design, environmental sustainability, and life-enhancing resident services. We've created more supportive housing to support vulnerable populations and committed to having our properties be community assets - serving residents and surrounding neighborhoods by providing community amenities for better health and economic mobility. Each Linc community is unique to its neighborhood and the residents who call it home.

With more than 9,000 affordable apartments, including more than 700 supportive housing units developed, we're proud to be the "linc" between hope and home for those in need of affordable housing.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

Linc is committed to promoting the ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As an affordable housing and community developer, we are particularly poised to address these issues in our choices of where and how we build, which programs we deliver, and who we work with. We are working to alleviate long-standing barriers for populations traditionally at a disadvantage in accessing opportunities for prosperity and well-being.

Our Vision

We envision communities in which residents live full, healthy, prosperous lives, unbound by the current predictors and restrictions of race, gender, mobility, and class. We focus on economic progress, financial empowerment, and civic engagement, so that the residents who have found a home at Linc can prosper holistically. In supporting those most affected by disparities, we can build a more equitable and effective system for everyone. We aspire to be an organization that instills pride by association, to lead by example, and to stand behind our decisions and actions.

Our Commitments

We commit to examining and understanding the root causes of economic injustice and the challenges we face and to meet them with the force and deliberation they deserve for long-term transformation. From our beginning, we have sought to improve the lives of people who were locked out of the systems of stability and prosperity, and that continues to be the core of who we are. But we know that systemic change emerges only when we as individuals have the humility and courage to challenge what is in our hearts and minds. Thus, we commit to learning, listening, and opening ourselves to new possibilities.

Staff Leadership

Board Members

Supporters

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Foundations

Alfred Mann Donor Advised Fund
Annenberg Foundation
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
California Community Foundation
Earl B. & Lorraine H. Miller Foundation
Josephine S. Gumbiner Foundation
Long Beach Community Foundation
Munzer Foundation
PNC
Provident Savings Bank Charitable Foundation
The Rose Hills Foundation
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Wells Fargo Foundation
W.M. Keck Foundation
Weingart Foundation

Corporations and Community Organizations

Aperto Property Management
AMJ Construction Management
BAR Architects
Boggeln & Company
Blue Line Media
California Housing Partnership Corporation
California State University, Long Beach
Capital One
Carle, Mackie, Power, & Ross LLP
Century Housing Corporation
CIT Bank
Citizens Business Bank
City National Bank
CVS Health
D33 Design & Planning
Digital Lift
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Griffin Structures
Highridge Costa Companies
Holiday Carpet Company
Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt, LLP
Housing Partnership Network
HSBC Bank
KFA, LLP
Labib Funk and Associates
Lahmon Architects
Lion Real Estate Group
LISC LA
MUFG Union Bank
Netflix
Office of L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis
Primus Building Solutions
Raymond James Tax Credit Funds, Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada
Sun Country Builders
Wallcraft Drywall
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems
Withee Malcolm Architects, LLP
Y&M Architects
U.S. Bank
VTBS Architects

Individuals

Bart McEntire
Bill & Ellyn Lindsay
Boyce Bennett
Brendan & Linda Dooley
Brian Cousino
Frank Scardino
Gai Klass & Michael Stern
Honorable Janice Hahn
Jennifer & Scott Miller
Jeff Lee & Clare Bronowski
Jeff & Christine Weller
Jhoanna Belfer
Joel & Linda Garris
John Arnold
John Given & Daphne Dennis
Katy & Jack Hoffman
Kathy & Terry Dooley
Laura Shawver
Mel Rosenthal
Miri and Gadi Leshem
Mordechai Fleischer
Mori Leshem & Danny Pouladian
Nina Dooley & Craig South
Peter Lee
Robert Given
Robert & Lynette Beavers
Scott Anderson
Steven Danziger
Suny Lay Chang & Dr. Francis Chang
Tal & Mory Barak
Tyrone Bergman

In-kind supporters

Alzheimer's of Greater Los Angeles
Bel Canto Books
Big Sunday
CareMore
Community Action Partnership
CSULA Center for Engagement, Service, and the Public Good
CSULB School of Social Work
First United Methodist Church of Redondo Beach
JAG Interiors, Inc.
Parachute Home
Renaissance Community
Shelter Partnership
Team Long Run
The Book Truck

Recent Awards

SCANPH - Transformative Community of the year

Spark at Midtown
2021

NAHB BEST of 55+ housing - Gold Award

Vista Grande Court
2021
Best 55+ Affordable Rental Community

PCBC's 2019 Gold Nugget - Grand Winner

Mosaic Gardens at Westlake
2019
Best Affordable Housing Community - 60 Du/Acre or More