Community Impact in Action: CHOC’s Partnership at Howe Gardens

At first glance, Howe Gardens will look like any other multifamily community in Sacramento. Families will wave to one another, and kids will come home after a full day at school. Behind every door, a story of stability will be in motion for residents.

The plan for the 176 apartments at Howe Gardens includes 32 Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) apartments, where CHOC Community Impact will be in partnership with Sacramento’s Sutter Capital Group. Created through private investment and local county support, the PSH apartments at Howe Gardens will offer flexibility to serve the formerly houseless, while the remaining 142 apartments will be designated for working families.

For many, it will be the first real place they’ve felt at home in years. And with the support from CHOC Impact, residents will not only have affordable housing, but also the services needed to ensure long-term housing success – opening the door to opportunity, health, and human connection…

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When CHOC’s Chief Strategy Officer Joy Silver wrote in Multi-Housing News about “putting people first,” she named what drives our work: housing is about more than buildings — it’s about people, families, and communities. But putting people first doesn’t stop at creating affordable housing communities. It also requires that onsite resident services within those communities are supported for the long term…

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