Coachella Valley Housing Coalition Awarded $15 Million Plus
The Indio-based Coachella Valley Housing Coalition (CVHC) has announced the award of $15,683,587
in State and Federal Affordable Housing Tax Credits to construct a new Farm worker Manufactured
Home Park in Mecca. This rental project will provide permanent housing for farm workers and their
families in the Eastern Coachella Valley.
Construction on this 53 unit development which includes a community center, after- school
computer learning center, tot lots and more, is expected to commence before the end of the year.
This development was the only Inland Empire project to receive an award in the 2008 California Tax
Credit Allocation Committee First Round Rural Set Aside competition.
CVHC is partnering with the Riverside County Economic Development Administration, which also
is providing funds for this complex.
“This much needed project for local hard working farm worker families is yet another example
of the collaboration between the County of Riverside and CVHC in providing affordable housing to
special needs families in Riverside County” said John Mealey, CVHC Executive Director, who also
noted that the project is supported by the Mecca Community Council.
Other lenders providing funding for this project include the United States Department of
Agriculture Rural Housing Program Fund, Wells Fargo Bank, and the State of California’s Housing and
Community Development Joe Serna Farm worker Program.
Located in Indio, the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition is a nationally known award winning
non-profit housing development corporation dedicated to helping low and very-low income families
improve their living conditions through advocacy, research, construction, and operation of housing
and community development projects. CVHC has constructed more than 3,000 homes and apartments for
low income households in Riverside and Imperial Counties.