BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Through a project with Chelsea Investment Corporation along with local and state funding, the latest affordable housing option in Bakersfield was unveiled.
The project that finished on time and on budget, offers 60 new units from single- to three-bedroom units.
“Twenty five of those units are set aside for farmworkers that are working in the industry here,” said Ryan Lundergan, a project executive for Chelsea Investment Corporation.
The final $1.3 million funding from the state, and something the community is eager to grow.
“We’re saying back to those farmworkers, you belong here. You deserve stability, you deserve this place to call home,” Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh said.
This follows a citywide effort to create more affordable housing for the local ag community.
“There are significant needs for folks to find housing, farmworkers deserve to be able to live in the neighborhood that they work in,” said Lundergan.
This is the fifth project that Chelsea Investment, an affordable housing development company, has partnered with the city to create 300 affordable units.
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“There’s a range of needs here for different families and what they might make per year, and we can right size them to the correct units based on their income,” said Lundergan.
The difference for farmworkers here as opposed to other complexes, is that the current and former farmworker families can benefit from reduced rates.
As opposed to limiting to just current farmworker families, the complex also welcomes retired farmworkers families, something that hadn’t been done in the past.
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“So today we’re celebrating new doors opening, new keys turning and new memories waiting for families to share in this beautiful place,” said Goh.
Proper documentation, including a government ID and proof of income is required for all future residents, many of which will be moving in soon, as 50% of the complex is already filled, and the rest to be filled within a month.
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