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Diamond Aisle Groundbreaking Celebration
Anaheim, California 92801
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
DEVELOPERS
Jamboree Housing Corporation
H.O.M.E.S. Inc.
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
The John Stewart Company
ARCHITECT
KTGY Group, Inc.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Wermers Multi Family
PARTNERS
Anaheim Housing Authority
Anaheim Redevelopment Agency
California Department of Housing & Community Development
Multifamily Housing Program: Governor’s Homeless Initiative
California Housing Finance Agency
Orange County Housing & Community Services
WNC & Associates, Inc.
Orange County Health Care Agency
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
This innovative residential community is a pioneering multifamily development
that provides both housing
and mental health supportive services for previously homeless individuals and
their families in Orange County.
For these residents with severe, persistent mental illness, permanent housing is
critical to providing stability
and ongoing mental health services. Often, rental housing that serves the
chronically homeless and/or those
with mental illness is designed for individuals and is predominately studio and
one-bedroom units. Diamond
takes a different approach by providing housing that allows families to remain
together.
AN INNOVATIVE DESIGN
Diamond will be home to 25 families who earn between $22,320 and $30,120 (30% of
the area median income).
There are 15 one- and 10 two-bedroom units housed in a three-story building with
elevator service and onsite
parking. All units include ENERGY STAR appliances, window and floor coverings,
ample storage closets and
private outdoor space. A 2,500 square foot resident services center features
case management offices, a teaching
kitchen, multipurpose room and computer lab. The outdoor recreation area has a
tot-lot and BBQ/picnic area.
Surrounded by lush landscape, Diamond is a modern, compact design community with
shopping, medical
services, employment opportunities and schools nearby. Consistent with
Jamboree’s increased commitment to
sustainable development, Diamond is designed to be a GreenPoint Rated community.
WITH QUALITY SERVICES
Integral to the success of Diamond is the inclusion of fully funded, ongoing
supportive services – delivered with
a “whatever it takes” approach – that will enable residents to live in permanent
housing with a stable environment.
H.O.M.E.S. will ensure that services meet the needs of residents. Telecare
Corporation, the Orange County
Healthcare Agency’s innovative mental health services partner, will assist
residents with 24/7 availability for support
of daily living activities and link them to other supportive and independent
living services. All residents are expected
to be active and productive outside the home for at least 20 hours each week.
In its commitment to strengthen communities by improving the quality of family
life, Jamboree’s Housing with
HEART (Helping Educate, Activate and Respond Together) will offer free,
non-clinical, onsite resident services and
programs tailored to meet the needs of residents and their families. These
programs may include activities such
as homework assistance and tutoring for children, and consumer credit
counseling, ESL classes, financial literacy
and pre-employment counseling for adults.
The project was approved on a 4 to 1 vote
at the
August 8, 2006
Anaheim City Council
Meeting.
Thank you for your support for this
special needs family housing project. This project will be a new $10 million
community - in an undeveloped remnant of land owned by the City of Anaheim.
It is zoned R4. It is adjacent to the 5 Freeway at the Lincoln Ave exit.
The Site was acquired from the
Orange County Transportation Authority by the Redevelopment Agency as part
of a portfolio of vacant, blighted, remnant parcels remaining after the
widening of Interstate 5; prior to the widening, the Site, along with land
on which the widening occurred, had been developed with commercial and
residential uses.
Here are architectural drawings of the
proposed project:
04/19/08
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