The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) is a state-chartered public agency. Established in 1938, HACLA provides the largest stock of affordable housing in the city

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and is one of the nation's oldest

public housing Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...

authorities. Its funds come from five main sources:

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's annual operating subsidy, HUD's annual Capital Fund, Section 8 administrative fees, rent from public housing residents, and other program and capital grants from various sources. Circa 1992, there were a total of 32,257 public housing units in Los Angeles.

History

In July 1983, Mayor Tom Bradley disbanded the housing authority commission following allegations of mismanagement both by internal sources and by the ''

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''. The

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took control. After months of dispute, including former commissioners rallying housing project residents to support them, the new commission took control the following January with reduced powers.

Housing locations

The larger location sites are: *

Avalon Gardens The Avalon Gardens is a public housing project located in the Green Meadows neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is one of the oldest housing projects owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. History Avalon Gardens was ...

Estrada Courts Estrada Courts is a low-income housing project in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, California. It is located between E. Olympic Blvd. on the south and E. 8th St. on the north, and S. Lorena St. on the east and S. Grande Vista Ave. on the w ...

* Gonzaque Village *

Imperial Courts Imperial Courts is a public housing project located in Watts, Los Angeles, California. It is located at 11541 Croesus Avenue on Imperial Highway, between Grape Street and Mona Boulevard, near I-105 Freeway. The federally subsidized project of ...

Jordan Downs Jordan Downs is a 700-unit public housing apartment complex in Watts, Los Angeles, California, next to David Starr Jordan High School. It consists of 103 buildings with townhouse style units ranging from one bedroom to five bedrooms. The complex ...

Mar Vista Gardens Mar Vista Gardens is a housing project at 11965 Allin Street in Del Rey, a district of southwestern Los Angeles County, California near Culver City, bordering Ballona Creek. It is operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) ...

Nickerson Gardens Nickerson Gardens is a 1,066-unit public housing apartment complex at 1590 East 114th Street in Watts, Los Angeles, California. Nickerson Gardens is the largest public housing development west of the Mississippi River and was the first home of ma ...

* Pico/Aliso Gardens *

Pueblo Del Rio Pueblo Del Rio is a public housing project located in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of South Los Angeles, California. The address of Pueblo Del Rio is 1801 East 53rd Street, which is near the intersection of 55th and Alameda streets. History ...

* Ramona Gardens *

Rancho San Pedro Rancho San Pedro was one of the first California land grants and the first to win a patent from the United States. The Spanish Crown granted the of land to soldier Juan José Domínguez in 1784, with his descendants validating their legal claim ...

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San Fernando Gardens San Fernando Gardens is a housing project located in the Pacoima district of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. San Fernando Gardens was built in 1955, with a low-rise, garden apartment design. The project was racially ...

William Mead Homes William Mead Homes is a public housing development located in Chinatown, a neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles. Nicknamed "Dogtown" because of its proximity to the historic Ann Street Animal Shelter whose canine residents could be heard for ...

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Pueblo del Sol Pueblo del Sol is a housing project in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California. It is operated by the McCormack Baron Salazar management company. Administered by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, Pueblo del Sol occupies the Los A ...

Normont Terrace Normont Terrace was a 400-unit public housing project in the Harbor City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. The development was shutdown and was completely razed in 1997. N ...

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Nickerson Gardens is the largest family large public housing development in Los Angeles with 1,066 units.

References

External links

* Public housing in Los Angeles Government agencies established in 1938 1938 establishments in California Welfare in California {{LosAngeles-geo-stub