RSO BUILDING BLOCKS Educational Series AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAITLISTS How to be Included and Tips on Being “Tenant Ready” City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

2 City of West Hollywood Housing Is Affordable When… City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323) /9/2016 Cost (including utilities) is no more than 30% of gross income for rentals, 35% for ownership Different governmental agencies (Section 8, State) define affordability differently Generally, serves low- and moderate-income households

3 City of West Hollywood Housing Affordability in West Hollywood City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323) Inclusionary Housing Built before July, 1979 Non Profit Housing Rent Stabilized Housing Affordable Housing

4 City of West Hollywood Affordable Housing is… Market-rate Buildings City of West Hollywood Waitlist City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323) Inclusionary Housing Non Profit Housing Affordable Buildings Non-Profit Waitlist

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9 Affordable Income (1 Person) VERY LOW50% Local Median ($29,193) LOW80% Local Median ($46,708) MODERATE100% Local Median ($58,385) City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

10 City of West Hollywood Sample Rents – Inclusionary Housing City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323) Bedrooms0 BR1 BR2 BR Very Low (< 50% Median)$421$480$637 Low (50-80% Median)$610$696$1,018 Moderate (80-100% Median)$842$964$1,272

11 City of West Hollywood Housing Waitlists in West Hollywood City of West Hollywood West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation (WHCHC) Assisted Living for the Aging (ALA) Los Angeles Housing Parternship (LAHP) Menorah House Housing Authority of Los Angeles County (HACOLA) Goldrich & Kest Industries, LLC City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323) /9/2016

12 City of West Hollywood City Waiting List Status Applications 62% 1 person households 42% seniors Moderate Income List – Open Low Income List – Closed Exception for West Hollywood residents displaced by State Ellis Act City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323) /9/2016

13 City of West Hollywood How to be “tenant ready”… 2/9/ City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

14 City of West Hollywood Contact Us: Rent Stabilization and Housing Division West Hollywood City Hall 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard West Hollywood, California Phone: Fax: /9/ City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323) Monday – Thursday8:00am until 5:00pm Friday8:00am until 4:30pm

RSO BUILDING BLOCKS Educational Series AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAITLISTS Local and Regional Housing Providers City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

16 City of West Hollywood Contact information John Steward Company Monica Solorzano West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation (WHCHC) (323) LA Housing Partnership (213) Affordable Living for the Aging Menorah /9/2016 City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323) Hollywood Community Housing Corporation Santa Monica Community Housing Corporation Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) (County Programs) L A County Section 8 Voucher Program ext or 8027

17 City of West Hollywood CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD INCLUSIONARY HOUSING – Low Income Waiting List Rent Stabilization & Housing Department, City of West Hollywood - (323) The City has an Inclusionary Housing Program, in which a percentage of new housing units are made available to low and moderate income households. If you are currently on the City’s waiting list and would like to request a change to any of your household information, please contact Monica Solorzano at the John Stewart Company at (213) Currently the low income wait list is closed. 2/9/2016 City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

18 City of West Hollywood WEST HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION (WHCHC) John Stewart Co. at (323) A non-profit housing developer that builds, rehabilitates and manages housing for lower income families, seniors, and persons living with disabilities including AIDS in the City of West Hollywood. City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

19 City of West Hollywood ALTERNATIVE LIVING FOR THE AGING (323) A local non-profit that operates a roommate matching service and congregate living facilities for seniors. Five buildings in the West Hollywood/Los Angeles area. Includes housing counseling services. 2/9/2016 City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

20 City of West Hollywood MENORAH HOUSING Information line for upcoming apartments (310) Subsidized by HUD. Menorah Housing Foundation owns and manages fifteen senior apartment buildings throughout Los Angeles County. Applicant must be 62 years of age or older at time of application City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

21 City of West Hollywood HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION (323) Provides affordable housing in the Hollywood area for low and moderate income seniors, families, and persons living with AIDS/HIV. City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

22 City of West Hollywood SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION (310) Low income housing in Santa Monica. Offers 1, 2 & 3 bedroom units in Santa Monica. Per their website: “Every January, CCSM invites households interested in our housing to complete a questionnaire (marketing list). When vacancies come up that match a household's size and income level, CCSM will notify the household to apply for the housing.…..If you are interested in our housing, please contact us in early January regarding the marketing list. Please note that we usually receive well over 3,000 households requesting housing each year. We usually have about vacancies. If you need affordable housing, please make sure you seek as many alternatives as possible.” City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

23 City of West Hollywood LOS ANGELES COUNTY SECTION 8 VOUCHER PROGRAM RECEPTIONIST FOR LA COUNTY PROGRAMS (626) (800) ext or The Section 8 Program assists low-income families, seniors and persons living with disabilities obtain affordable, privately owned rental housing and to increase their housing choices. City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

24 City of West Hollywood The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) Housing Authority Application Center 2600 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA, Telephone: (213) (Click on Public Housing) Stretching from San Pedro to San Fernando Valley and from Mar Vista to East Los Angeles, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles manages 14 large public housing locations (consisting of more than 6,500 units) throughout Los Angeles. The Public Housing Program provides affordable housing to more than 6,500 families with very low income in Los Angeles. A resident's rent in the public housing program is subsidized by the federal government. Applicants to the public housing program must be income eligible and residents must adhere to program rules. City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

25 City of West Hollywood Inglewood Housing Authority One Manchester Boulevard, Suite 750 Inglewood, California (310) Main (310) Fax 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Monday through Thursday (closed every Friday) City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

26 City of West Hollywood Glendale Community Development Department Housing Division 141 N. Glendale Avenue, Suite 202 Glendale, CA (818) City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)

27 City of West Hollywood BURBANK HOUSING CORPORATION (BHC) The Burbank Housing Corporation (BHC) is a local non- profit developer that owns and manages over 300 affordable housing units in Burbank. BHC’s mission is to preserve, rehabilitate and develop new affordable housing opportunities in Burbank and to provide a safe, service- enriched environment for residents in our communities. To learn more about the Burbank Housing Corporation, please visit their website at BHC maintains its own waiting list. For more information on the status of the waiting list please contact BHC at (818) City of West Hollywood - Rent Stabilization & Housing Division - (323)