Pueblo del Sol is a

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

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. It is operated by the

McCormack Baron Salazar McCormack Baron Salazar is an American real estate development firm based in St. Louis, Missouri specializing in economically integrated urban neighborhoods with more than $4.23 billion invested in affordable and mixed-income housing project ...

management company. Administered by the

Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles, California and is one of the nation's oldest public ...

, Pueblo del Sol occupies the

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-side site of the former Aliso Village housing project. Under the

HOPE VI HOPE VI is a program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is intended to revitalize the worst public housing projects in the United States into mixed-income developments. Its philosophy is largely based on New Urban ...

grant program introduced by the Clinton administration, the Garden City-influenced

Aliso Village Aliso Village was a housing project in Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1942 and demolished 1999. The parcel was replaced by Pueblo del Sol. The complex was owned and managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Histo ...

was demolished and replaced by a

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development, Pueblo del Sol. Whereas Aliso Village consisted mostly of apartment buildings, Pueblo del Sol's housing stock is largely semi-detached single family apartments. Most are subsidized to varying degrees. The project reduced the number of units from 685 to 377, a 45% reduction that displaced the majority of the former residents. The project has been criticized for reducing the number of units, at a time when Los Angeles suffers a severe shortage of affordable housing. The families that were displaced from the public housing receive priority in the rental or purchase of the new units. (Displaced households can use Section 8 vouchers to find temporary—or permanent—housing elsewhere.) And the residents and managers of the replacement housing are empowered to enforce a zero-tolerance policy of responsible behavior within the premises. Pueblo del Sol is served by the Pico/Aliso L Line station.

Education

Residents are zoned to the following

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schools: * Utah Elementary Schoolhttp://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Utah_EL/ (K-8) * Roosevelt High School

References

External links

Pueblo del Sol at McCormack Baron SalazarLA Forum article critical of Pueblo del Solcasestudies.uli.org
Public housing in Los Angeles Boyle Heights, Los Angeles {{LosAngeles-struct-stub