PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT

For years, the San Pablo corridor running through Southwest Berkeley has been plagued with areas of blight and crime. Jubilee Restoration has a vision for revitalizing the San Pablo corridor and building a safe, thriving community in South and West Berkeley. Jubilee, in conjunction with the City of Berkeley, local merchants and residents, is restoring and developing this targeted area by designing and building over 200 units of affordable housing, 19,000 square feet of commercial space and 3,000 square feet of community space in the next three to five years. It is Jubilee’s goal to facilitate this transformation in a way that promotes development with minimal displacement of low-income families. It is important to us that low-income people, especially seniors, are able to benefit from the positive transformations of their neighborhoods.

Jubilee is no stranger to developing affordable housing. In 1994, Jubilee became active in the HUD 203k program. Through this program, we purchased HUD foreclosed properties, rehabilitated them, and sold them to first-time homebuyers. Jubilee Housing fostered community development by bringing neglected properties up to market value, then reselling them at affordable prices to low-income residents of that community, often with the assistance of "gift loans" for down payments. Between 1994 and 1997, we rehabilitated over 185 units of housing in the San Francisco Bay Area from San Jose to Santa Rosa. In 1997, HUD named Jubilee Restoration the “Outstanding Purchaser of HUD Properties” in recognition of our valuable work building and rehabilitating housing. We are very proud of our participation in the HUD 203k program because it allowed many low-income families otherwise priced out of the market the opportunity to participate in the American dream of home ownership.

In 1996, Jubilee chose to shift the affordable housing focus from restoring single-family homes throughout the Bay Area to developing larger, denser mixed-use housing developments within and around Berkeley and West Oakland. By focusing on developing significant projects within a narrower geographical area, we hope to have a more specific impact and build neighborhoods by transforming underdeveloped, blighted high-crime areas and reshaping the character in our community.

We seek to leverage community resources so that our housing development projects are designed for long-term economic sustainability. Our four-fold approach involves:

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

• Jubilee Senior Homes

2577 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley

Partner: Resources for Community Development

Architect: Anne Phillip Architecture

Jubilee Restoration is proud to be developing 27 units of affordable housing with supportive services for very low-income seniors in a joint venture with Resources for Community Development (RCD). In 1999, we took notice of a trash-filled lot known for drug activity and prostitution at 2577 San Pablo Avenue and asked ourselves how we could make this site an example of the kind of community we want to promote in our city. Our answer to this question is the Jubilee Senior Homes development. This project will ensure that low-income and minority senior citizens in the Berkeley community have the opportunity to live independently in an affordable and safe environment where they can receive the most efficient and effective health and social support services available.

• Acton Courtyard Apartments

Acton/University, Berkeley

Partner: Panoramic Interests
Architect: HDL Architects

This site used to house a state hospital that closed in the 1970’s. Since the hospital closure, the property sat vacant and became an eyesore and a magnet for crime on University Avenue. In 1998, Jubilee partnered with Panoramic Interests to develop a plan for the site that would address the needs and concerns of the surrounding community. Thanks to extensive community support, the City of Berkeley awarded the land to us for development. The Acton Courtyard Apartments project will be a mixed- use building with ground floor commercial space, layouts conducive to neighborhood oriented retail space and 71 new mixed-income residential units. The building and apartment units will be adaptable for handicap accessibility. The completion date was August 2003.

• Jubilee Village

2612 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley

Partner: The Related Companies of California
Architect: Kava Massih Architects

Jubilee wants to thank Fantasy Records for sharing our vision of transforming their site from urban infill on San Pablo Avenue into an art village. Jubilee Village will serve low-income families, low-income artisans, and graduates from transitional housing programs with approximately 125 units of residential apartment and live/work loft space. It will provide a combination of retail, live/work, and community/recreational space that we are inviting local artists to take part in designing. The live-work spaces will be developed to support secure and efficient accommodations for artists, and craftsmen. Our goal is to foster the creation of an “arts belt” that will help to revitalize and give added value to the village and the city.

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Jubilee manages a variety of properties, both apartments and houses, for rent in West Berkeley and West Oakland. We maintain wait lists for our properties so that as units become vacant we have a ready list of interested applicants. Please note that we cannot predict how long a potential tenant may be on a wait list before housing becomes available.

Please contact our friendly and efficient property management team by calling the Jubilee Rental Hotline at 510-540-5460 to inquire about current unit availability, lease requirements or to place yourself on one of our waitlists.

Low Income Housing Eligibility

To determine eligibility for our low-income and Section 8 housing we utilize the standard income ranges defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD.) Each year HUD examines each county’s "area median income" and determines income ranges for very low, low, moderate, and high-income brackets.

Locate your household size below. If your household’s annual gross income falls within the range indicated, you may apply for low-income units.

Please note that income requirements may vary from property to property- -and are subject to change.

We accept Section 8, Housing Choice, and Shelter Plus Care vouchers. If you are in one of these programs, a lower annual income is acceptable. To find out more information about these programs, contact your local Housing Authority.

Total annual income includes wages, government assistance and benefits, interest on assets and investments, and any other form of income you receive.

Total household income includes all types of income stated above for all members of your household.

Featured HUD 203K Properties

• Missionary Recovery Center
871-875 27th Street, Oakland

Completed: 1997

• Jubilee Homes
2418 8th Street, Berkeley

Completed: 2002

• Haskell Street
1238 Haskell Street, Berkeley

Completed: 2002

Our Partners

It is critical to collaborate and develop partnerships in order to implement affordable housing development and supportive services in the Bay Area. By partnering with prominent for-profit developers such as Patrick Kennedy’s Panoramic Interests and The Related Companies of California, Jubilee has been able to bring for-profit efficiency to play with our non- profit goals. We are proud to partner with non-profit developer Resources for Community Development on our Senior Homes development. Jubilee has been an active participant in the San Francisco Foundation’s Faith Initiative group focusing on housing. Jubilee has also provided technical assistance regarding housing issues for the Alameda County Homeless Youth Collaborative, Fred Finch, Chaplaincy to the Homeless, Helping Hands of Hope, Ark of Refuge, Berkeley Ecumenical Strategies Team (a coalition of 18 minority churches in South and West Berkeley) and several other non-profit organizations.