REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

Placita Dolores Huerta | Coachella, CA

Named in honor of civil rights activist, community organizer, and labor icon Dolores Huerta, the Placita Dolores Huerta community realizes a sustainable, safe, and high-quality resident experience, inspired by Ms. Huerta’s lifelong work fighting for the rights of farmworkers, women, and marginalized communities, particularly in the realm of voting rights.

In 2022, CHOC was honored to have Ms. Huerta attend CHOC’s groundbreaking for this beautiful community.

Placita Dolores Huerta is a 56-unit affordable housing community that offers 2 bedroom/1.5 bathroom and 3 bedroom/1.5 bathroom apartments. Unit amenities include a playground with a splashpad, a Community room, laundry facilities, and more.

Designed by Maria Song, AIA & LEED AP, Placita Dolores Huerta was constructed in a contemporary Spanish Colonial Moorish architectural style, with the use of smooth plaster, terra-cotta concrete tile roofing, ceramic mosaics, rounded arches with tiled accents, and decorative wrought iron throughout. Numerous elements found on PDH’s buildings create an architectural variation aligned with the character of surrounding neighborhood structures.

Placita Dolores Huerta was constructed on a portion of the land previously occupied by Coachella Valley Apartments (some structures were removed and residents were temporarily relocated during construction). Many families now residing at Placita Dolores Huerta are former Coachella Valley Apartments residents.

On May 2, 2024, CHOC joined HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez, Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez, and City of Coachella and Riverside County officials to mark the successful completion of CHOC’s latest affordable housing complex. CHOC hopes to secure financing for a second phase of Coachella’s landmark PDH development, which would roughly double the total number of units, with the potential to provide even more qualified, local residents and working families the opportunity to continue thriving in Coachella.