Six days after tenants began moving into Residences on Main, Mayor Eric Garcetti celebrated the housing development’s opening. (photo courtesy of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office)

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Nov. 20 celebrated the opening of Residences on Main, a 50-unit supportive housing development serving homeless families and transitional age youth in South Los Angeles. The development is the sixth Proposition HHH-financed project to open its doors since the bond measure passed in 2016 and the eighth supportive housing project to finish construction this year.

“Residences on Main is a story of hope and transformation for this neighborhood, and shows what’s possible when we come together to give our unsheltered neighbors a place to call home,” Garcetti said.

Garcetti led the coalition to pass Proposition HHH, a $1.2 billion bond designed to leverage financing to more than triple L.A.’s annual production of supportive housing and support the addition of 10,000 units for homeless Angelenos across the city. Since Proposition HHH passed in 2016, more than 123 permanent supportive housing developments –– representing 6,295 units –– have received funding commitments, and 33 are in construction.

Developed by LA Family Housing and the Coalition for Responsible Community Development, the Residences on Main project broke ground in April 2019 and saw the first tenant move into the building on Nov. 14.

The four-story site features 36 permanent supportive housing units for transitional-aged youth (18-25 years) and 14 units for families experiencing homelessness and earning between 30% and 50% of area median income. There are 21 studios, 15 one-bedroom, 6 two-bedroom, 8 three-bedroom units and a two-bedroom manager’s unit. The LEED Silver-certified design includes a community room and an on-site community garden and playground, in addition to offices for property management and on-site case management services.

Tenants will pay 30% of their income toward rent each month. Rent subsidies for tenants will be provided by the L.A. County Department of Health Services Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool program and the Housing Authority of Los Angeles through Project Based Section 8 vouchers.