Long Beach Celebrates Opening of Wellspring Affordable Housing and Wellness Center

The community of Long Beach, California, recently celebrated the grand opening of Wellspring, a new 88-unit affordable housing development with a community health and wellness center. The development was supported by $20 million in funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development's (HCD) Multifamily Housing Program, which offers low-interest, long-term, deferred-payment loans to build, rehabilitate or preserve permanent or transitional rental housing for lower-income Californians.

A project of Bridge Housing, Wellspring combines affordable housing with permanent supportive housing, both of which are proven to decrease homelessness and improve the lives of California's most vulnerable residents. Wellspring offers 67 affordable homes for households earning 20-60 percent of Area Median Income. The development includes an additional 20 units of permanent supportive housing for those with disabilities or other special needs who are homeless or at risk of homelessness; this includes access to full-time, intensive case management services.

Wellspring residents also have access to a community room, communal outdoor space, and laundry facilities. The property offers easy access to public transportation, parks, a library, and schools. Combined with the on-site health and wellness center operated by TCC Family Health, Wellspring helps provide the foundation residents need to thrive. With an ambitious but necessary state goal of planning for more than 2.5 million homes over the next six years, approximately one million of which meet the needs of lower-income households, Wellspring is a tangible example of how HCD works with California developers to create long-term solutions to the housing crisis.

Rendering of Wellspring Building