Construction began last week on the Las Flores housing project — a sleek and environmentally friendly building set to bring 73 affordable housing units to the Pico Neighborhood. The 94,000-square-foot project is located at 1834 14th Street and led by the Community Corporation of Santa Monica...
"Thanks to the support of the Westchester community, the Westside took another step to address our homelessness and affordable housing crises this month. The Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa endorsed the Kite Crossing Apartments Project, which will provide 102 units of housing - a mix of low-income...
This morning, Community Corp. Executive Director Tara Barauskas and Dr. Karen Gunn–co-founder of the Santa Monica Black Agenda–penned this critical op-ed piece in the Santa Monica Daily Press about a number of recent acts of bigotry in our community and the steps we can all...
"In October, the Santa Monica City Council signed off on a $500-million plan to expand the historic Miramar Hotel. As part of an agreement with the developer - Athens Group - the hotel expansion is to be accompanied by a new affordable housing complex on...
California is facing critical challenges to build more affordable housing, reduce structural inequities from pollution, and meet our legislated carbon reduction goals. This Roundtable will address how efficient electric building technologies combined with clean, renewable energy can lower construction and operating cost, improve health outcomes,...
"A local affordable housing developer beat out several potential buyers to purchase an apartment building that went up for sale in a rapidly gentrifying Santa Monica neighborhood. A 40-unit apartment building at 2033-2101 Virginia Ave. was sold last month to Community Corporation of Santa Monica for...
"Santa Monica’s largest affordable housing provider broke ground Friday on its first building outside city limits. The LEED Platinum development from Community Corporation of Santa Monica will provide 50 apartments for low-income households in Mar Vista. 12 of the units in the building, which has been...
On Thursday, December 19th, Community Corp was honored to host a visit by Democratic Presidential Candidate Amy Klobuchar. The Senator hosted a press conference to lay out her housing plan, and spent time talking with our staff and residents learning more about affordable housing. ...
Our recent mural at 2209 Main Street is something we are very proud of! It was a collaboration with the City of Santa Monica and Beautify Earth. Here’s a short video about the mural. https://youtu.be/kY1DDTT4sfM...
The three-story, gray-colored building at the corner of Main Street and Pacific is in the process of getting a supersized injection of color in the form of a mural being created as a partnership between Community Corp. of Santa Monica and Beautify Earth — a nonprofit dedicated to beautifying...