{"id":435267,"date":"2026-08-17T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435267\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:12:08","slug":"state-awards-6-5-million-for-affordable-housing-at-2518-cesar-e-chavez-ave-in-boyle-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435267\/","title":{"rendered":"State awards $6.5 million for affordable housing at 2518 Cesar E. Chavez Ave. in Boyle Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/tags\/abode-communities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abode Communities<\/a> has secured approximately $6.5 million in new state funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/new-look-affordable-housing-2518-2536-e-cesar-e-chavez-avenue-boyle-heights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a proposed affordable housing development on a Metro-owned property in Boyle Heights.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abodecommunities.org\/communities\/chavez-gardens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Chavez Gardens project<\/a>, slated for land near the E Line at 2518-2536 E Cesar E Chavez Avenue, calls for the construction of two four-story buildings containing a combined 110 apartments and 3,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Plans also call for on-site parking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2026-08\/Chavez-Fickett-playground-TCLS-1.jpg?itok=JRqxdbiw\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"Tina Chee Landscape Studio\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chavez-Fickett-playground-TCLS-1.jpg\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nRendering of Chavez Gardens courtyardTina Chee Landscape Studio<\/p>\n<p>Past plans have shown a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom dwellings, which would serve households earning between<a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/here-are-californias-affordable-housing-income-limits-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 30 and 50 percent of the Los Angeles area median income level<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Abode is also designing the contemporary low-rise development, with Tina Chee serving as landscape architect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2022-09\/chavez%20gardens%20boyle%20heights%20map.jpg?itok=K7ww1RYx\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"Abode Communities\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chavez gardens boyle heights map.jpg\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nChavez Gardens project siteAbode Communities<\/p>\n<p>Chavez Gardens received money from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2026\/08\/11\/governor-newsom-fast-tracks-1700-new-affordable-housing-units\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a $239 million funding round announced earlier this month by state officials.<\/a> Chavez Gardens was the only Los Angeles area project to receive money, which will go toward 20 different developments creating 1,700 residential units.<\/p>\n<p>The total cost of Chavez Gardens is estimated to be approximately $91.4 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/nearly-200m-state-funding-awarded-affordable-housing-developments-la-county\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State officials previously awarded $3.8 million to the project.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on social media:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrbanizeLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/urbanizela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/urbanize-la\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@urbanizela\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a> \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urbanizela\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/urbanizela.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for affordable housing? Visit<a href=\"https:\/\/lahousing.lacity.org\/aahr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> lahousing.lacity.org\/aahr<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/housing.lacounty.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">housing.lacounty.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/here-are-californias-affordable-housing-income-limits-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California&#8217;s 2026 state income limits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanize.la\/post\/affordable-housing-resources\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for additional affordable housing resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abode Communities has secured approximately $6.5 million in new state funding for a proposed affordable housing development on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-435267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}