The Los Angeles Unified School District is advancing efforts to create affordable housing for its employees by transforming underutilized district-owned properties into potential workforce housing. The LAUSD Board of Education on Oct. 6 approved the selection of affordable housing developers for two district properties, one in West Hollywood and one in Woodland Hills, that could potentially provide nearly 600 affordable housing units for LAUSD employees.
“LAUSD is doing this out of need,” LAUSD Board President Scott M. Schmerelson said. “It is not LAUSD’s job or any educational entity to be a housing developer or landlord. But California is in a serious housing crisis, and the city and state are taking too long to respond to it. That is why I am glad that the district is taking this endeavor.”
In West Hollywood, the district selected West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation and Alpha Construction Company to repurpose the one-and-a-half-acre West Hollywood Opportunity Center property at 1049 N. Fairfax Ave…