Our housing Cooperatives
Urban Soil Tierra Urbana (USTU)
The Urban Soil / Tierra Urbana Co-op is a 45 unit limited equity housing cooperative bordering Koreatown and Rampart Village colloquially known as the LA Eco-Village. They are an intentional cohousing community which self-governs using a consensus decision making process.Their mission is to provide permanently affordable housing to very low to moderate income households that sustains a diverse community whose members join together to publicly demonstrate higher quality living patterns while minimizing negative environmental and social impacts. Their nonprofit 501c3 corporation is led by their resident-led board of directors which is advised by their management committee and resident manager.
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Señoras For Housing (S4H)
The Señoras For Housing co-op is a 4 unit limited equity housing cooperative located in Koreatown also sometimes called Señorita For Housing. The building came to collective ownership after years of organized tenants fighting a landlord who’s attempted to evict the current owners of the co-op for the purposes of redevelopment and higher cost housing. Utilizing LA County funds, BVCLT was able to acquire and rehabilitate the building before transitioning the ownership of the building and improvements to the same residents who fought back against the the owner. The building led by all Black & Brown women, want to stand as a testament to the idea that tenants can fight back and win against landlord and control their means of living.
No vacancies at the moment.
Our Rental Buildings
Vecinos De North Hollywood
LA County allocated $14MM in county funding to the LA Acq./Rehab Working Group which consists of 5 local CLT and CDC partnerships. The strategy is to acquire existing apartments serving low-income households and create permanent affordability and, ultimately, tenant ownership with a goal to purchase and stabilize at least one property per Supervisorial District. BVCLT moved to acquire a building in North Hollywood due to 1) its connection to the red line train that moves through Koreatown to North Hollywood, 2) the seller was a community member who wanted to sell the building to an owner who would maintain the stability of the current tenants, and 3) the tenants are long-term community members in North Hollywood. This is a 5-unit building.
There are no vacancies at this time.
Koreatown Fourplex (WHP)
BVCLT acquired WHP through community connections to USTU, by an all volunteer BVCLT board of directors and CRSP. The building has four units, a shared backyard, and 3 garages. Community members repaired one of the garages and turned it into a bike shop for the community. BVCLT did not utilize any public subsidy to purchase this building, the initial funds used was the community revolving loan from CRSP, then refinanced the loan through Genesis LA. The tenants at 140 Bimini have close relationships with the residents at USTU. Multiple tenants at WHP steward the building through landscaping and repairs, have served on BVCLT board, and lead the gardening work at BVCLT’s community garden.
There are no vacancies at this time.
