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MyspaceThe sun shined on Santa Barbara’s low-income housing advocates Wednesday, April 13th. At the grand opening of Artisan Court—the housing authority’s newly completed, $17 million, 56-unit complex for low-income workers, formerly homeless people and emancipated foster care youths–scores of city officials, including four Councilmembers, housing commissioners, philanthropists, social service providers and homeless advocates, came out for the speeches, ribbon cutting and food. William Prava, Executive Director of the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (the agency that awards the coveted tax-credits that finance these projects) flew in from Sacramento and couldn’t help remarking: “This is the most beautiful project I’ve ever seen.” To read more, see homelessinsb.org.
Isabelle Walker
Sonny Bradshaw, a new resident of Artisan Court.
Artisan Court Opening Draws Movers, Shakers
Grand Opening Celebrates 56 new units of Affordable Housing
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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If I understand correctly, these are units in the 500 square foot range. By my math these units cost around 300,000 each to build or 600 dollars per square foot. This budget pays for a high end custom home in the real world.
JHL (anonymous profile)
April 14, 2011 at 5:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This town needs more than lip service to it's artistic community, we need something like Ventura's WAV (Working Artist Ventura) complex, run by artists (but not the SB Art Assoc.)
EZK (anonymous profile)
April 19, 2011 at 12:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)