Affordable Housing Development in Davis has "Green" Focus
By
Marianne Russ
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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There’s a new low-income housing community in Davis, and the developers focused on more than affordability; they also kept the environment in mind.
The New Harmony Mutual Housing Community includes 69 apartments, a playground, a garden, and artwork by local sculptors and painters. It also has some extras. Rachel Iskow is with Mutual Housing California, the non-profit organization that developed the community:
Iskow: "It's solar-powered and it has high-efficiency appliances, so it's a community where low-wage families will be able to contribute to reducing the carbon footprint in Davis."
Iskow says to qualify to live in New Harmony, a family of four
must make less than about 40-thousand dollars a year. Half of
the families moved in about two weeks ago. The rest should be
in place early next month. The project cost 19 million dollars -
and is one of the last funded in part by state redevelopment
funds.