City and state officials attended a recent groundbreaking ceremony for the Newcomb Senior Housing Development.

Coalition for Responsible Community Development, an affordable housing developer based in Historic South Central, was awarded $6 million in financing from Enterprise Community Partners to build 50 apartments for low-income families in Boyle Heights and further its expansion goals.

Enterprise Community Partners is apart of a coalition of philanthropic and nonprofit partners who are piloting a new initiative in select neighborhoods in Los Angeles that is intended to stabilize small landlords whose tenants have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

John Sullivan of Enterprise Community Partners, a national housing advocacy nonprofit, said the Mississippi program for rental assistance was not going well, but that these types of programs are not going particularly well anywhere across the country.

Streets Blog Chicago discusses the pilot program, created in partnership with Elevated Chicago, Enterprise Community Partners, and members of the eTOD Working Group, has $135,000 to support up to ten community driven eTOD proposals.