Low-Cost Townhomes Ready for Sale

The search is on in Compton for 37 families with low to moderate incomes who qualify for special financing on new townhomes.

Since Saturday’s opening of the Givens Way housing development, nearly 400 families have applied for housing packages being offered by Nehemiah West Housing Corp., a nonprofit coalition of more than 300 Southern California church and community groups.

Located at 820 W. Compton Blvd., the development consists of 37 three- and four-bedroom townhomes in a gated community. A second construction phase of 45 more townhomes is scheduled to begin nearby as soon as half the existing homes are sold.

Nehemiah’s offer, subsidized in part by the Compton Community Redevelopment Agency, would allow families to move in for only $995, with monthly payments starting as low as $779.

More applications are welcome, said Loren Bloch, president of Community Dynamics, the project’s development company.