{"id":449789,"date":"2026-09-01T09:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449789\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T09:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:06:34","slug":"first-modular-unit-delivered-for-altadena-low-income-rental-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449789\/","title":{"rendered":"First modular unit delivered for Altadena low-income rental complex"},"content":{"rendered":"

The large truck left Perris Monday morning to make a 70-mile delivery to Altadena. Its cargo: a nearly 500-square-foot modular home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stork delivered our big baby today\u2026 it\u2019s kind of like hope on wheels,\u201d said Candice Kim, project director of the Altadena Builds Back Foundation.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first of a new, 14-unit rental complex reserved for low-income renters, like the ones who lost their homes when the original courtyard apartments on East Pine Street in West Altadena burned down.<\/p>\n

Kim said the prefabricated aspect of construction is an important step in the process.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe reason\u2026 our grantee chose modular, was that \u2026 it allowed us to create the rental housing much faster so we can get people back home faster,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n

A lottery will be held in October to decide who the units will be offered to. The developer has created a \u201cPine Notification List\u201d people can sign up for.<\/a><\/p>\n

Rebuilding is moving forward in Altadena as the public and residents weigh in with concerns about whether the area\u2019s mixed economic and racially diverse character is gone for good.<\/p>\n

This project\u2019s backers say the delivery of the first unit in this development for low-income Altadena residents is an important part of the effort to keep the area open to people with modest means, as it was before the fires.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we have private developers come in, the concern is that rents will no longer be affordable,\u201d Kim said, \u201cand that could change the character of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

How it came together<\/p>\n

The owner of the property had managed it for years. After the Eaton Fire, she decided to sell it, but wanted the future building to remain for low-income residents. Eventually, the owner talked to Beacon Housing at an Eaton Fire Collaborative meeting.<\/p>\n

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One of the modular homes that will make up 14 housing units for low income residents at an Altadena complex.<\/p>\n

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Pavel Molokanov<\/p>\n

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Courtesy Beacon Housing<\/p>\n

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Eventually, the Altadena Builds Back Foundation helped put together nearly $6 million for the project, some of it from $72 million received in donations by the Pasadena Community Foundation after the Eaton Fire, and the other part from area philanthropist Molly Munger, who graduated from nearby John Muir High School.<\/p>\n

Many questions remain about the direction of Altadena\u2019s rebuilding efforts. The state eased density limits at the same time that insurance payments continue to vex people whose homes were destroyed.<\/p>\n

Former Altadena renters also continue to struggle. A survey conducted last year by the Eaton Fire Collaborative found that 72% of renters are still in need of housing. That survey also found that the fires destroyed the homes of more than two-thirds of Altadena renters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The large truck left Perris Monday morning to make a 70-mile delivery to Altadena. Its cargo: a nearly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[380,5759,177976,177977,4300,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-449789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-affordable-housing","tag-altadena","tag-altadena-is-not-for-sale","tag-beacon-housing","tag-eaton-fire","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\/449789","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=449789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}