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Affordable housing development breaks ground in Palmdale

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[Images courtesy RAAM Construction.]
PALMDALE – RAAM Construction, Inc., a general building construction firm specializing in multifamily projects throughout California, has broken ground on the construction of an affordable multifamily housing development in Palmdale.

Palmdale Terrace, located at 25th Street East and East Avenue Q12, will consist of a three-story building connected to a two-story building with a total of 151 family apartment units in an area where budget-friendly housing for families is scarce, according to Richard Lara, President of RAAM Construction.

“There is a deep need for new and affordable housing in Palmdale, as vacant housing units currently sit at just 7.4 percent,” Lara in a news release. “Palmdale Terrace will help fill this void in the community by providing brand-new, fully equipped and affordably priced residential units for families and individuals that need it most.”

RAAM is working closely with Meta Housing Corporation, a developer of affordable housing communities for families and seniors, along with Western Community Housing, AMJ Construction Management and Y&M Architects, to deliver the new residences for individuals and families in the Palmdale market earning between 30% and 60% of Los Angeles County’s median income. Valued at roughly $60,900,000, the project is being developed with the help of a construction loan from Pacific Western Bank, and potentially other sources, for $40,502,120.

Meta and RAAM also worked together on Juniper Grove, another affordable housing community in Palmdale that broke ground in March. [Read more here.]

“We have worked with Meta on several projects over the years, most of which have been the development and construction of affordable housing throughout California,” Lara said. “This partnership has allowed us to form a strong understanding of Meta’s needs and how to best work together to navigate the evolving affordable housing landscape while keeping projects on time and on budget.”

When construction is completed, Palmdale Terrace will offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. All units will have fully equipped kitchens and bathrooms, with onsite amenities that include community gathering areas, a shaded picnic area, a large children’s play structure, and a dog park. Two units will be dedicated for onsite managers, who will reside at the property and ensure that the residents and the neighboring community have a constant point of contact.

The development is situated in close proximity to 7-Eleven; restaurants, including Doublz, Las Cazuelas, El Cevichazo, and El Pollo Loco; schools, including Palmdale High School and Manzanita Elementary School; and public parks, including William J. McAdam Park.

Palmdale Terrace is expected to be completed in May 2023.

[Information via news release from RAAM Construction.]

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48 comments for "Affordable housing development breaks ground in Palmdale"

  2. People always can seem to spew out disparaging remarks about people who are in need UNTIL they are in the same situation. Judge not so you will not be judged because you never know what your situation may be. Did you ever think everyone in the world would be walking around wearing masks for over 2 years so stop thinking you will never need to live in affordable housing or need to use social programs? God bless our nation; we need it!

  3. The place will be a mess in less than two years, not a great neighborhood in the first place, lots of police activity in the area, this will make it worse

  4. That’s awesome! Now that people are applying for and receiving affordable housing they can now apply for an affordable job to lighten the burden tax payers have to carry. Perhaps this news website should start advertising job openings to help this economy from going more stagnant. Unfortunately, you won’t see many people in this town asking to apply like they do with affordable housing or any other hand out.

  5. Shout out to all the humans that put their compassion (love) into action, by giving their time to those in need. There are a lot of people in need in these challenging times.

    • I agree with you Claire, we definitely need affordable housing. In 2012 I lived in a senior apt. (464 sq. ft.) in Lancaster with rent at $680.00, now same apt. is $980.00.

  6. Homeless myth: One size fits all. It’s very sad to me that people that have theirs, don’t want others less fortunate to have an opportunity for a more stable life. Selfish NIMBYs.

      • Typical of “Claire”, right? Lecture those of us who live here on the Valley floor about homelessness, crime and poverty, while isolating herself in a mountain town with no homeless, low crime and little poverty.

        • It’s always been a hypocritical know-it-all and a moralizing, lecturing, humorless old school marm that harangues and scolds relentlessly with the typical holier-than-thou obnoxiousness.

          Why would anyone listen to anything it has to say when it assured us that COVID was no more dangerous than the flu in January 2020?

    • I dunno what there is for available parcels that aren’t reserved for the transportation corridor. With the somewhat fluid plans for rail and for some sort of improved highway 138 we have to be really careful not to box ourselves out.

      • Good evening my name is Cherie how can i get on the waiting list for apartment i am interested in a 2bdr

          • Wrecks’ solution to the homeless is to shoot them if they try to rob you.

            You have to wonder what goes on inside that head of his. Birdie sounds lower crime. No neckties based on some obscure German study. Spending $10 million tax payer dollars on a failed Eye in the Sky. Wanting to fire nurses for making more money to work elsewhere. Making up stories about a fake sheriff shooting. Falsely claiming the Raymond Lee Jennings committed murder. Tales of a power plant killing minority children. Community Chinese birth tourism.

            You can’t make this stuff up.

          • Don’t forget Wrecks inviting Chinese spies to set up near Plant 42 and Edwards AFB.

        • Wrecks has a solution, but it isn’t a good one. Why an elected official would encourage people to carry weapons illegally and shoot the homeless if they try to rob you is beyond the pale. Time for a check of his faculties.

          • “Homeless are people too”.

            Not if they’re robbing me. Then they’re uncivilized scum and they get what they get.

      • So do you advocate shooting businesses that overcharge you? Some of them are robbing you blind.

        • I advocate shooting people who say they’re going to kill you then chase you down and attack you.

          You need to at least keep the story accurate

          • First key to avoiding being chased is pretty simple and has always worked for me, so I’ve never felt any inclination to shoot anyone.

        • Not at all,
          I just seek a provider that has better services/product at competitive prices.

          That’s the beauty of free market capitalism.

          • LOL

            There is no such thing as a “free market” in capitalism. By definition. That concept has been freely sold to basic clowns by monopolists.

        • You’re right. Start with So. Cal Edison robbing us blind because they pay off the Public Utilities Commissioners with bribes and then get to charge us the highest electricity rates in the Continental US.

          PS: Off-subject, I know, and I have no proof, but that has never stopped me from popping off before.