SAN DIEGO -- Buying a home in San Diego is almost impossible and rents are sky high. However, you may afford a place to live, if you know where to look.

The San Diego Housing Commission and 10News have created a comprehensive list of every affordable for rent and for sale project being developed in San Diego County.

The projects described below are being built by private developers as part of local, state and/or federal government affordable housing programs.

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Income restrictions apply and are based on percentage of San Diego's Area Median Income AMI (Click here to see income limits). For example, if the income requirement for a housing development is 50 percent AMI, then the maximum gross annual income limit is currently $31,900 for a family of four.

Newly Listed Projects:
Creekside Trails
Auburn Park
Fairbanks Ridge
Seniors On Broadway
Legacy Walk
La Boheme

UPDATED LIST OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS
Affirmed Housing
Creekside Trails
Population: low-income families making 30 percent to 60 percent AMI
Location: Coronado Avenue, just west of I-5 (Nestor)
Rental Units: 50 (22 one-bedrooms; 12 two-bedrooms; 16 three-bedrooms)
Estimated Rent Range: $360 - $950
Developer: Affirmed Housing Group
Local funding sources (tentative/in application process): San Diego Housing Commission, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee
Status: to be complete by January 2006
Application/waiting list information: (760) 738-8401; www.affirmedhousing.com

Affirmed Housing also has tentative plans underway for a proposed 73-unit affordable rental complex to be located on 52nd and University; to be announced:
Project name to-be-determined
Location: University Avenue and 52nd Street in City Heights
Rental units: 73
Affordability: mix of affordable to very low, and low-income and market rate apartments
Major amenities: 1/2 acre park
Developer: Affirmed Housing Group
Funding (in application process): San Diego Housing Commission, San Diego Redevelopment Agency
Status: in planning stages, construction to start late 2005
Application/waiting list information: (760) 738-8401

Bridge Housing
Copper Creek
Population: low-income families
Location: 1730 Elfin Forest Road, San Marcos
Rental units: 204 (one-, two- and three-bedroom units)
Developers: Bridge Housing in partnership with Home Fed Corporation
Funding sources/partners: City of San Marcos Redevelopment Agency, County of San Diego Department of Housing and Community Development, California Housing Finance Agency, State of California Dept. of Housing and Community Development, Union Bank of California, Wells Fargo Bank, World Savings Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.
Application information: (760) 494-4325

Dove Canyon
Population served: low-income families
Location: 16507 Dove Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 92127 (Rancho Bernardo)
Rental units: 120 (one-, two- and three-bedroom units)
Developer: Bridge Housing
Funding sources/partners: County Department of Housing and Community Development, California Housing Finance Agency, Union Bank of California, Wells Fargo Bank
Application information: (858) 492-8577

Chelsea Investment Corp.
Fairbanks Ridge
Population served: Low-income families earning 60 percent AMI or less
Location: Black Mountain Ranch area (Northern City of San Diego)
Rental units: 204 (one-, two- and three-bedroom units)
Developer: Chelsea Investement Corp.
Status: still in planning/financing stage; construction to begin 2006
Application information: TBA
(Developed under City of San Diego North City inclusionary housing program)

Rancho del Norte
Population to be served: low-income families earning 20 percent, 30 percent and 60 percent AMI (in some cases AMI based on state median income figures which may vary from county figures)
Location: 9700 Rancho Bernardo Road, San Diego, CA 92127
Rental units: 119
Estimated rent range: $214 - $914
Developers: Chelsea Investment Corp. and Santaluz, LLC
Development partners: Pacific Southwest Community Development Corp., MMA Financial, LLC
Status: to be completed by fall 2004
Application/waiting list information: (858) 646-9600

Mariposa Apartments
Population to be served: low-income families earning 20 percent, 30 percent, 50 percent and 60 percent AMI (in some cases AMI based on state median income figures which may vary from county figures)
Location: 3901 College Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92115
Rental units: 106
Estimated rent range: $216 - $896
Developers: Chelsea Investment Corp., The Corky McMillin Companies
Development partners: Pacific Southwest Community Development Corp., Red Capital
Status: under construction; to be completed by summer 2004

Rancho Buena Vista Apartments
Population to be served: low-income families earning 50 percent and 60 percent AMI (in some cases AMI based on state median income figures which may vary from county figures)
Location: Eastlake Parkway near Clubhouse Drive, Chula Vista, CA 91915
Rental units: 150
Estimated rent range: $663 - $1,024
Developers: Chelsea Investment Corp., The Eastlake Company
Developer partners: Pacific Southwest Community Development Corp., Red Capital Group
Application/waiting list information: (858) 646-9669

The Crossing
Population to be served: low-income families making 20 percent, 30 percent and 60 percent AMI (in some cases AMI based on state median income figures which may vary from county figures)
Location: North side of Carmel Valley Road, West of Rancho Santa Fe Farms
Rental units: 108 "big house" design apartments (with garages and enclosed stairways)
Estimated rent range: $272 - $869
Developers: Chelsea Investment Corp. and Pardee Homes
Developer partners: Pacific Southwest Community Development Corp. and MMA Financial, LLC
Status: pre-construction financing
Application/waiting list information: Not yet available

Community HousingWorks
La Costa Paloma
Population to be served: low-income families earning 50 to 60 percent AMI
Location: 1925 to 1953 Dove Ave. Carlsbad, CA 92008
Rental units: 180 (32 one-bedroom, 37 two-bedroom, 79 three-bedroom, 30 four- bedroom, two resident manager units)
Estimated rent range: $570 - $1,000
Developers: Dove Family LP
Developer partners: Mercy Housing California and Community HousingWorks Funding sources/partners: City of Carlsbad Inclusionary Housing Program, Citibank, National Equity Fund
Status: to be completed by January 2005
Application/waiting list information: (760) 736-0391
www.communityhousingworks.org

Fallbrook View Apts.
Population to be served: low-income families (with 60 units for families that qualify as farmworkers in agricultural industry; income restrictions have not yet been set)
Location: 901 Alturas Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028
Rental units: 80 (6 one-bedroom, 43 two-bedroom, 30 three-bedroom, one resident manager unit)
Estimated rent range: $295 - $757
Developer: Community HousingWorks
Funding sources/partners: City of Carlsbad Inclusionary Housing Program; Citibank, National Equity Fund
Status: To be completed by July 2004
Application/waiting list information: (760) 731-7377
www.communityhousingworks.org

MAAC Project
(The following proposed MAAC housing developments are in the "predevelopment" stage and still need to secure final funding sources before construction can begin.)

Seniors on Broadway
Population to be served: low-income seniors earning 30 percent, 45 percent and 50 percent AMI
Location: 825 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 92008
Rental units: 42 (41 one-bedroom, 1 resident manager unit)
Estimated rent range: $385 - $640
Developers: Seniors on Broadway L.P.
Developer partners: MAAC Project
Funding sources/partners: City of Chula Vista, LIHTC (TBD), US Bank
Status: to be completed by January-June 2005
Application/waiting list information: (619) 426.4592, www.maacproject.org

San Diego Interfaith Housing
Affordable housing in process include:
Cornerstone Court: 8 for-sale single-family homes; www.sdihf.org/whatsnew
Cortez Hill condominiums: 16 one-bedroom units; www.sdihf.org/whatsnew
Lillian Place: 74 affordable rental units; www.sdihf.org/whatsnew, San Diego Housing Commission and www.wakelandhdc.com Metro Villas: 118 affordable rental units; www.sdihf.org/whatsnew and San Diego Housing Commission
Renaissance at North Park: 96 affordable rental units;www.sdihf.org/whatsnew and San Diego Housing Commission

Southern California Housing Development Corp.
Talmadge Senior Village (San Diego Housing Commission)

Shadow Hill
Population: low-income families earning 20 percent, 30 percent, and 60 percent AMI
Location: 11085 Woodside Avenue, Santee, CA 92071
Rental units: 82 Units (42 two-bedroom, 40 three-bedroom)
Estimated rent range: $224 - $937
Funding sources/partners: City of Santee, County of San Diego, State of California Dept. of Housing & Community Development-MHP, Low-income Housing Tax Credits, Bank of the West, California Community Reinvestment Corp.
Status: estimated construction completion: September 2004
Application/waiting list information: (619) 449-9091

The Corky McMillin Companies
Sycamore Estates – located at center of Stonebridge Estates (San Diego Housing Commission)

The Olson Company
Legacy Walk
Population served: Families earning up to 110 percent of AMI
Location: 43rd Street and National Avenue (Southcrest; City of San Diego)
110 for-sale units (10 below-market rate)
Unit types: condominiums; two-bedroom, two-car garages, 1,100 sq. ft.
Status: construction to take place in 2006
Interest list information: (858) 784-6541
(Meets City of San Diego inclusionary housing program requirements)

The Related Companies
Affordable housing in process:
St. Stephens Senior Apartments (San Diego Housing Commission)

Wakeland Housing
Affordable housing in process:
Lillian Place (74 units, downtown San Diego)
Roosevelt Villas Apartments (12 units, Carlsbad)
Beyer Courtyard Apartments (60 units, San Ysidro)
Go to wakelandhdc.com/developments.htm for more information on these complexes and see San Diego Housing Commission for Lillian Place and Beyer Courtyard

City and County Housing Departments, Agencies

City of Carlsbad
Affordable for-sale housing
Rose Bay (24 units)
Village by the Sea (11 units)
Laguna Point (3 units)
Bressi Ranch (100 units)

Affordable rental developments in process:
Pacific View/Kelly ranch (11 units)
La Costa Paloma/The Greens/Villages of La Costa (180 units)
Mariposa Apartments/Calavera Hills (106 units)
Manzanita Apartments (157 units)
For information on these sites, go to www.ci.carlsbad.ca.us/cserv/3afford2.html

City of Chula Vista
Brisa del Mar
Population served: low-income families earning 50 to 60 percent AMI
Location: intersection of Main and Broadway; 1689 Broadway, Chula Vista CA 91911
Rental units: 106 affordable units (part of mixed-use complex; two, three and four) bedrooms
Developers: Main Plaza/Alpha III in partnership with Casa Familiar
Status: construction to be completed November 2004
Application/waiting list information: (619) 428-1115 (Casa Familiar)

Rancho Vista Apartments at Eastlake (part of a planned community)
Population served: low-income families earning 50 percent and 60 percent AMI
Rental units: 150 (three- and four-bedroom units)
Developer: Chelsea Investment Corp.
Status: to be completed by December 2004
Application/waiting list information: (858) 646-9669

Mar Brisa, San Miguel Ranch - 120 townhomes currently under construction and available for sale to low and moderate income buyers as part of the Chula Vista Affordable Housing Program.
Located: 5 miles east of 805 freeway at Procter Valley Road (H Street) just past Mt. Miguel Road.
Developer: Trimark Pacific Homes.
For sales information visit: www.trimarkpacifichomes/marbrisa/
or call (619)591-5960
Sales office open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Developer: TriMark Pacific
Status: City just approved an affordable for-sale inclusionary housing policy which governs how projects are developed. Construction to begin Summer, with first phase of construction completed by November or December 2004
Application information: Not yet available

Sedona - for-sale housing (part of Rolling Hills Ranch master planned community)
Location: South side of MacKenzie Creek Road and southeast of the intersection of MacKenzie Road and Mt. Miguel Road in Chula Vista.
Population served: low-income families making 80 percent AMI
Residential units: 32 (out of 167 total) will be affordable; two- and three-bedroom units, 1,400 – 1,500 square feet with attached two-car garages
Developer: Shea Homes
Status: construction to start summer 2004; first units available December 2004; developer will take a waiting list starting Spring 2004.
Application/waiting list information: To be announced in April

City of Encinitas
Cantebria Senior Homes
Population to be served: low-income seniors 55 and older
Location: 645 Via Cantebria Encinitas, CA 92024
Units: 45 units
Developer: Mercy Housing of California
Status: to be constructed by September 2004
For City of Encinitas affordable housing information, go to: http://www.ci.encinitas.ca.us/City_Services/CD/subdivisions/Housing_cdbg.htm

City of Escondido
Villa Robles
Location: 1565 South Escondido Blvd., Escondido, CA 92025
Income restrictions: 50 percent AMI
Units: 72 affordable units: 17 1-bedroon, 28 2-bedroom, 27 3-bedroom
Estimated rent range: $570 - $1,000
Developer: Trinity Housing Group
Status: to be completed by January 2005
Application/waiting list information: Trinity Housing Group, (760) 432-9212

City of Oceanside
Vintage Pointe
Population served: seniors earning 40 percent, 50 percent and 60 percent AMI
Location: 1701 Bush Street, Oceanside CA 92054
Rental units: 168
Status: construction to be completed by July 2004
Application/waiting list information: (760) 721-0950

City of Poway
Los Arcos
Population to be served: seniors earning 50 percent AMI
Location: 12740 Gateway Park Road, Poway
Rental units: 83 one-bedroom units
Status: Spring 2004
Application/waiting list information: (877) 937-4743

City of San Diego
Centre City Development Corp. (CCDC) – numerous sites: go to ccdc.com, scroll down to Downtown Today Newsletter and click on link below that -- Topic: Annual Project Update
http://www.ccdc.com/resources/resource_files/CCDC_DTT_WIN.pdf

CCDC downtown affordable housing sites include:
Broadway Square (290 units; and see San Diego Housing Commission)
Smart Corner (25 units)
Entrada Apartments (40 units)
Island-Market Centre (42 units)
Lillian Place (74 units; and see San Diego Housing Commission and Wakeland Housing)
Market Street Village (24 units)
Ninth and F Street Apartments (24 units)
For more detail, also go on home page to Projects (left-hand side of page) and click on Interactive Map.

San Diego Housing Commission (for more information about these and other housing programs, including first-time homebuyer assistance, go to www.sdhc.net)

Beyer Courtyard
Population served: low-income families earning 60 percent or less AMI
Location: Prevision Parkway and Beyer Blvd. in San Ysidro
Rental units: 60 units (30 two-bedroom, 30 3-bedroom)
Estimated rent range: $680 - $910
Developers: Beyer Blvd. Apts. LLP/Wakeland Housing
Funding sources/partners: San Diego Housing Commission, tax credits
Application information: Not yet available

Broadway Square
Population to be served: mostly low-income adults earning 50 percent AMI
Location: 9th Avenue and Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 (downtown)
Estimated rent range: $550 - $1,000
Rental units: 393 total units, of which 74 percent will have restricted rents (267 small studios, 90 one-bedroom, 36 two-bedroom)
Status: construction to begin Spring 2004
Application/waiting list information: not yet available; to be announced on San Diego Housing Commission Web site, www.sdhc.net, later this year

Lillian Place
Population served: low-income families earning 30 percent – 110 percent AMI
Location: J Street between 14th and 15th Streets in downtown San Diego
Rental units: 74 units (one-, two- and three-bedroom units)
Estimated rent range: $329 - $1,155 1-bdr.; $393-$1,383 2-bdr, $450-$1595 3-bedroom
Developers: Wakeland Housing and San Diego Interfaith Housing Federation
Funding sources/partners: include City Redevelopment Agency (City Development Services Department, Centre City Development Corp., Southeastern Economic Development Dept.) and San Diego Housing Commission. Other funding sources include Wells Fargo Bank, tax credits, Affordable Housing Program and CCRC.
Application/waiting list information: Not yet available

Metro Villas (mixed-use affordable housing, retail/commercial including career center and community services)
Population served: Low-income families making 50 percent AMI
Location: 3900 39th Street, San Diego, CA 92105 (City Heights)
Rental units: 118 (48 one-bedroom, 36 two-bedroom, 24 three-bedroom, 12 four- bedroom)
Estimated rent range: $479 - $757
Developers: City Heights Community Development Corp., San Diego Interfaith Housing, San Diego Revitalization Corp./Price Charities
Project partners and funding sources: City of San Diego Redevelopment Agency, Centre City Development Corp., San Diego Housing Commission, San Diego Workforce Partnership, Affordable Housing Program, tax credits
Status: under construction, to be completed by Summer 2004
Application/waiting list information: Contact Interfaith Housing to be placed on an "interest list" by providing your name, address and phone number and indicating that you are interested in "Metro Villas." Contact is Barbara Garm, (619) 231-0288 ext. 201, bgarm@sdihf.org; fax (619) 231-0289

Rancho del Norte
Population to be served: low-income families earning 60 percent AMI and lower
Location: 9700 Rancho Bernardo Road, San Diego, CA 92127 (Northwest intersection of Camino del Norte and Rancho Bernardo Road in Black Mountain Ranch area)
Rental units: 119
Estimated rent range: $214 - $914
Developers: Chelsea Investment Corp. and Santaluz LLC
Funding sources/partners: MHP/tax exempt bonds/tax credits, Bank of America, N.A.
Status: Under construction
Application/waiting list information: (858) 646-9600

Renaissance at North Park (affordable housing part of a mixed use affordable and market rate rental and for-sale housing facility to include a community center and commercial space)
Population served: Low-income seniors 55 and older earning 50 percent AMI
Location: 30th Street and El Cajon Blvd. (North Park)
Rental units: 96 affordable units (85 one-bedroom, 11 two-bedroom)
Estimated rent range: $330 - $681
Developers: Carter-Reese and Associates, San Diego Interfaith Housing
Funding sources/partners: San Diego Housing Commission, City of San Diego Redevelopment Agency, Citibank, Bank of America, First National Bank, Neighborhood National Bank.
Status: under construction
Application/waiting list information: contact Interfaith Housing to be placed on an "interest list" by providing your name, address and phone number and indicating that you are interested in "Renaissance." Contact is Barbara Garm at (619) 231-0288, ext. 201 bgarm@sdihf.org; fax (619) 231-0289

Talmadge Senior Village
Population: very low-income seniors
Location: 5252 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92115
Rental units: 91 (one- and two-bedroom units)
Estimated rent range: $339 - $578
Developers: Southern California Housing and San Diego Community Housing
Funding partners: San Diego Redevelopment Agency, San Diego Housing Commission, Low-income Housing Credits, Housing Capital Company
Income restrictions: 30 percent, 45 percent, 50 percent AMI
Status: construction to begin Sept. 2004 and end July 2005, waiting list open
Application/waiting list information: (619) 477-6214

St. Stephen's Senior Apartments
Population to be served: low-income seniors 55 and older earning 50 percent AMI
Location: Imperial Ave. and Valencia Pkway (Encanto; San Diego, CA 92114)
Rental units: 50
Estimated rent range: $359 - $598
Developer: The Related Companies and St. Stephen's Church of God and Christ
Status: under construction, to be completed by November 2004
Application information: St. Stephen's Church of God and Christ, (619) 262-2671

Sycamore Estates
Population: low-income families
Location: center of Stonebridge Estates masterplanned community; east of Scripps Ranch; entrance off Pomerado Road
Developer: The Corky McMillin Companies and Brookfield Homes in partnership with Hamstead Partners
Funding partners: San Diego Housing Commission, other TBD
Income restrictions: TBD
Status: preliminary planning stages
Application/waiting list information: Not yet released

City Redevelopment Agency
Lillian Place (see San Diego Housing Commission)
Metro Villas (see San Diego Housing Commission)
Renaissance at North Park (see San Diego Housing Commission)
Talmadge Senior Village (see San Diego Housing Commission)
Morena Vista (mixed-income, mixed use project)
Population to be served: low-income families earning 80 percent AMI
Location: Napa and Linda Vista Roads, at Linda Vista trolley station; San Diego, CA 92110
Rental units: to include 18 affordable units
Developer: Citilink Investment Corp.
Application/waiting list information: Not yet available
La Boheme
Population to be served: moderate-income families earning 100 to 120 percent AMI
Location: between 30th and Ohio Streets south of Lincoln Ave., San Diego, CA (North Park Community)
For-Sale units: 224 small family units of which 45 (20 percent) are affordable
Estimated price range: $179,000 - $206,000 (affordable units), $350,000 - $450,000 (market rate units);
Developers: Western Pacific Housing, a division of D.R. Horton, Inc.
Funding sources/partners: D.R. Horton Inc., City of San Diego Redevelopment Agency
Status: to be completed by Fall 2006
Application/waiting list information: Western Pacific Housing at (760) 476-1859
(Meets City of San Diego inclusionary housing program requirements)

City of San Marcos
Grandon Village Senior Apartments
Population to be served: Seniors 55 and older earning 50 percent AMI
Location: 1607 Grandon Avenue; intersection of Grandon Ave. and Rancho Santa Fe Road in the City of San Marcos
Rental units: 161 units
Estimated rent range: $550 - $800
Developer: Enhanced Affordable Housing Development Company
Developer partners: Mercy Housing California and Community HousingWorks
Application/waiting list information: (760) 752-3282

City of Santee
Shadow Hill see Southern California Housing Development Corporation

County of San Diego Dept. of Housing and Community Development
Affordable housing in process:
Copper Creek Apartments (204 units, San Marcos) – see Bridge Housing
Dove Canyon (120 units, Rancho Bernardo) – see Bridge Housing
Fallbrook View Apartments (80 units, Fallbrook) – see Community HousingWorks
Los Arcos Senior Apartments (83 units, Poway) – see City of Poway
Shadow Hills (82 units, Santee) – see Southern Calfornia Housing Development Corporation

Please note, this information is provided as a public service by KGTV/Channel 10. While this list provides highlights of affordable housing construction activity, it is not a complete list and KGTV cannot guarantee its accuracy.