Groundbreakings Held at Low-Income Housing Sites

Ground was broken Thursday in separate ceremonies on two South-Central Los Angeles housing developments for low- to moderate-income residents.

The $6.5-million West “A” Homes, developed by the West Angeles Community Development Corp., will consist of 44 townhomes and apartments at 41st Street and Vermont Avenue, said officials of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ. Residents also will have access to on-site job training and child care. Construction is expected to be complete by December 1998.

The second development is an $850,000 Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency project called the Jefferson Harvard Townhomes, on West Jefferson Boulevard between Western and Normandie avenues. Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, who represents the area, said the six two- and three-bedroom townhomes will partially fill a void for low-rent residences for families with three or four children.

The homes will be built on CRA-owned land and funded primarily with a $564,000 agency loan to the development firms, said agency spokeswoman Gayle Anderson. The homes are expected to be ready by next summer.