New affordable housing for seniors and senior veterans has broken ground in Santa Barbara County! A project of Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation (CEDC), Village Senior Apartments in Buellton will provide 50 affordable and supportive homes for low-income seniors and senior veterans, as well as seniors exiting homelessness. 

“There is a huge need for affordable housing in general, but more specifically there is a significant need for senior housing,” said Derrick Wada, CEDC’s Director of Real Estate Development. “This project has been in the making for ten years, and we are excited to be here.” 

Village Senior Apartments is supported by more than $6 million from HCD’s Housing for a Healthy California and the Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention programs. The complex is near transit and vital services and will offer on-site amenities including a recreation room, community kitchen, central courtyard, community garden, and picnic area. With HCD’s new Homekey+ program, made possible by voter approval of Proposition 1 earlier this year, more supportive housing like this project is on the horizon. 

“Finding the right funding mix to really support a senior housing community in Buelton was a struggle,” said Victoria Brady, CEDC’s Chief Operating and Financial Officer. “Without the State of California’s resources, we wouldn’t have a project.”

Watch the video below to learn more.