Leigh Avenue Senior Apartments
1690 Southwest Expressway, San Jose, CA 95126
Office: 408-320-2966
Property Information:
Eligibility
This development is devoted entirely to permanent supportive housing. Residents are selected by the County of Santa Clara through the Office of Supportive Housing. If you are homeless or are looking for supportive housing, please call any of the numbers found at this link: http://scc.hmis.cc/participating-agencies/. Note that residents do pay 1/3 of their income in rent.
Waitlist Info 2021
This development is entirely reserved for chronically homeless seniors. The households who are referred for the units will be selected by the County of Santa Clara, and the SCC Housing Authority. If you are homeless or are looking for supportive housing, please work with your case manager to inquire about housing.
About:
Project Overview
Leigh Avenue Senior Apartments is transit-oriented infill project located at 1690 Southwest Expressway, where Leigh Avenue and Southeast Expressway intersect. First Community Housing built 64 units of affordable senior apartments over 6,750 square feet of commercial space. All units are reserved for chronically homeless seniors, with one two-bedroom manager’s unit.
The building is four stories, with a first floor concrete podium and 3 stories of wood frame construction above. Parking and commercial spaces are located at the ground level with residential units on the upper floors. Most of the units have private balconies and all are served by elevators. Common areas include the Property Manager, Social Service Coordinator, and Case Manager’s offices, centralized laundry facility, multiple community rooms and lounge areas, a large outdoor community courtyard at the podium level, community gardens and living roof, dog wash station, and computer lab.
As with other FCH new construction projects, the building was designed to achieve LEED Platinum designation. In addition, Leigh Ave. Senior Apartments is a pilot project for the Healthy Building Network’s HomeFree Initiative, whose goal is to improve the health of residents in affordable housing through the use of less toxic building materials. The project is located within 1,550 feet of a light rail station and all households receive a free, annual VTA SmartPass providing free bus and light rail throughout Santa Clara County.
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Property Management & Supportive Services
The John Stewart Company (JSCo) provides property management services, and Abode Services provides intensive case management for the 63 formerly homeless households.
The Leigh Avenue Senior Apartments’ resident service coordination program provides a wide array of services to its senior residents, most of which are accessed on an as-needed basis. Services include needs assessment, follow up reassessment, information referral for community and direct services, and social and recreational activities.
The case management services provided by Abode Services will adhere to the best practices for a permanent supportive housing community, including Housing First and Harm Reduction, and will foster residents’ housing stability and wellness. Services will include housing retention services; clinical case management; benefits advocacy and income support assistance; money management; nutritional counseling; community building; and assistance in obtaining other resources and support for residents such as child care, transportation, job training and job placement. Abode Services has more than 25 years of experience in offering supportive services to homeless and formerly homeless households.