IRVINE : 40-Unit Complex for Handicapped OKd
A 40-unit apartment complex for handicapped residents will be built in Irvine under an agreement approved Tuesday night.
The City Council voted unanimously to buy 2.3 acres for the apartments from the Irvine Co. for $450,000. The city will hold the property until the Dayle McIntosh Center, an Anaheim-based training program for disabled people, receives an expected $2.5 million from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The city also agreed to waive building fees and other such fees.
This is the second government-subsidized housing project for handicapped residents in Orange County, according to Brenda Premo, director of the Dayle McIntosh Center. Three years ago, the center went through similar steps to build the Carbon Creek Shores complex in Anaheim.
That 40-unit building opened in 1986. Most residents pay up to 30% of their annual income in rent.
The Irvine complex is expected to be built in about three years at Harvard Avenue and University Drive. For residents in wheelchairs, the apartments will feature ramps, roll-in showers, adjustable countertops, removable cabinets and bathroom grab bars. Features for blind residents include Braille elevator controls and markings for ovens. Deaf residents will have blinking smoke detectors and doorbells.
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