The United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council Wednesday evening will discuss and possibly vote on plans for a 20-unit affordable supportive housing project at 1808 S. St Andrews Pl., according to its meeting agenda this week.
The project is being led by Clifford Beers Housing, a nonprofit developer focused on housing for individuals and families experiencing mental illness and homelessness. The Los Angeles-based organization entered into an exclusive negotiating agreement last year with the Los Angeles Housing + Community Investment Department for a ground lease of the Mid-City site, which currently holds a vacant single-family home.
Designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects, plans call for gutting and renovating the existing home to make room for eight apartments. Named The Steps on St. Andrews, the project also entails the construction of a new three-story, 12-unit building at the rear of the site and connected to the existing structure by a 600-square-foot community room.
The development would hold exclusively studio apartments, with seven units reserved for households making up to 15 percent of area median income, five at up to 30 percent of AMI, three at up to 45 percent of AMI, four at up 60 percent of AMI, and one manager’s unit, according to a project webpage.
The applicant is requesting Tier-4 project incentives under the city’s Transit Oriented Communities Incentives Program, including the green light to forgo providing any parking spaces with the project.
Amenities would include a large front yard planted with citrus trees and other landscaping, as well as other community spaces.
Along with entitlement approvals, Clifford Beers Housing is seeking a letter of support for the project from UNNC, the latter’s agenda shows.
The site’s existing single-family residence has been vacant since 2008, according to application documents.
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