DETERMINING WHERE IS AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING MOST NEEDED WITHIN CALIFORNIA?

Affordable Senior Housing

By: Luis A. TopetePP M224AWinter 2011

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Where We Left Off

What is meant by most underserved?• In proportion to the other two

CCD’s of interest, ESGV hasESGV Totals• Density: 1.0 118,966• Poverty: 1.0 85,746• Senior AH: 1.0 11

Los Angeles• Density: 2.6 x 304,029• Poverty: 2.4 x 206,380• Senior AH: 9.5 x 104

San Fernando Valley• Density: 2.1 x 249,691• Poverty: 2.0 x 172,773• Senior AH: 4.2 x 46

Reason for Choosing These CCD’s

East San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles, and San Fernando Valley alone account for 54% of the total senior population in Los Angeles County.

Comparison

Where We Left Off (continued)

In California, we determined that the East San Gabriel Valley (ESGV) is in most need of Affordable Senior Housing (ASH) due to the following:

1. Los Angeles County is the most dense CA county and has the highest senior population.

2. Out of the 20 Los Angeles County Census Districts (CCD), the ESGV has the 3rd highest senior density and the 3rd highest senior population in poverty.

3. The ESGV is the most underserved CCD when compared to the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles CCD’s.

Selection of Tract

To ensure that the development is in a quality area, I examined 5 factors before selecting what I believe to be the most suitable tract.

1. Senior Density2. Transit Terminals 3. Hospital Locations4. Parks (open space)5. Major Freeways (noise and air

pollution)

Tract of Analysis: 4019.02

Parcel Map of Tract 4019.02

Tract 4019.02 Zoning Designations

Zoning DesignationHistoric

Specific Plan

Commercial

Institutional Residential

Residential Medium Density

Institutional Educational

Mixed Use

Public

Single Family Residential

Zoning Designations Defined

Zoning Description Yes/NoHistoric Historic preservation establishes a demolition delay policy for structures

identified as historically important. Effort to preserve historic buildings.No

Specific Plan A planning document governing a particular area of the jurisdiction, and including more specific standards for that area than those of the general plan.

Yes

Commercial Connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises.

No

Institutional Residential

State-operated institutions and group homes, county-operated juvenile detention centers, residential habilitation centers, adult correctional facilities.

No

Residential Medium Density

Permits a greater variety of housing types than are permitted in the low density residential districts. Allows a higher density of development as a means of achieving more economical housing.

Yes

Institutional Educational

Development of institutions dedicated to education, such as schools, colleges, and universities.

No

Mixed Use Combination of residential, commercial, industrial, office, institutional, or other land uses.

No

Public Not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole (public good), such as public libraries and public parks."

No

Single Family Residential

Units designed to house one family per unit. Includes detached single family homes and townhouses. Provides for urban scale single-family residential development.

No

Possible Locations for Development

I selected the two zoning designations (Residential Medium Density and Specific Plan) that allowed for senior affordable housing development.

• Grocery Stores: 5•Bus Stops: 11•Parks: 2

Proximity of Nearest Hospital

Route: 255 East Bonita Ave to 611 West Bonita Ave

1) Start at 255 east Bonita Ave2) Go east on E Bonita Ave3) Finish at 611 West Bonita

Avenue        Total time: 2.5 min      Network Analyst

- New Closest Facility-Facility : (Hospital)- Incident: (Location chosen by where I felt was a good central location of the possible development areas)

Buffer Model

Model

Model-Run

Lots for Sale

Source: Zillow-provides free real estate information

Funding Sources Recommendation

Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC’s)• California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC)

- 9% Applicationor

- 4% Application in combination with Tax Exempt Bonds For Expenses not covered by LIHTC’s• Soft loans from local government• Short-term construction loans (Bank)

Metadata

Created Metadata which I created by geocoding the addresses of existing senior affordable housing locations in Los Angeles County.

Source City of Glendale Senior Services Section

Location 201 E Colorado St Glendale, CA 91205

Requirements/Skills

Requirements/Skills Required Map Slide0 Modeling Yes 8 12,131 Metadata Yes - 162 Measurement/Analysis Yes 2,8 5,123 Original Data Yes 1,6 2,94 7+ Layers Yes 6,8 9,125 Network Analysis - 8 126 Chart, images - 4,5,6,7,9 3,4,7,8,9,11,147 Buffering - 2,8 5,128 Inset map - 2,3,9 5,6,149 Attribute sub-sets selections - 1,2,3 2,5,610 Boundary sub-sets selections - 2,3,6,7 5,6,9,1111 Geoprocessing - 1,3,6,7,9 2,6,9,11,1412 Geocoding - 1,7 2,11