- Announcement made during
groundbreaking ceremony for PATH Metro Villas, a new community that
addresses homelessness with program centers and permanent
supportive housing
- UnitedHealthcare commitment part of
company initiative to help people live healthier lives by
connecting housing and health care
UnitedHealthcare is the largest investor in PATH Metro Villas, a
new 65-unit supportive-housing community under construction that
will provide permanent homes to individuals and families who have
been suffering from homelessness or struggling to find affordable
housing.
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Leslie Carter, chief operating officer of
UnitedHealthcare of California, speaks at the groundbreaking
ceremony for PATH Metro Villas, a new 65-unit supportive-housing
community for people who are suffering from homelessness or
struggling to find affordable housing (Photo: Jamie Rector).
The $12 million investment is part of UnitedHealthcare’s
nationwide initiative to help people live healthier lives by
connecting them to safe, affordable housing with important on-site
support services to improve their well-being.
When completed in the spring of 2018, Metro Villas will feature
65 apartment units adjacent to PATH facilities that provide
comprehensive services and permanent supportive housing for
homeless individuals and families. On-site services will include
case management offices, community room with a teaching kitchen,
on-site manager, security, picnic area and two roof terraces, among
other amenities.
“Metro Villas is an important investment to connect people
struggling with homelessness with safe, quality housing and health
services that will help them live healthier lives,” said Rob
Falkenberg, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of California. “This project
brings together many partners in our community to help create
innovative solutions to housing and better health.”
Since 2011, UnitedHealthcare has invested $350 million to build
56 new community developments throughout the United States,
creating over 2,700 new homes for people with the greatest needs. A
key goal for the program is to fund innovative projects like PATH
Metro Villas that provide greater access to affordable housing for
people in need and helping improve their quality of life by
integrating on-site services such as health care, job training and
child care into the new communities.
UnitedHealthcare partnered with Enterprise Community Investment
(Enterprise) to provide the $12 million in equity for PATH Metro
Villas through the use of Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)
approved by the state of California. UnitedHealthcare and
Enterprise have worked together to invest $124 million in
affordable-housing developments in eight states, including $28
million in California.
“Enterprise is proud of our partnership with UnitedHealthcare
and grateful for its critical investment in affordable homes,” said
Charlie Werhane, president and CEO, Enterprise Community
Investment. “By matchmaking the right partners, Enterprise supports
well-designed, affordable homes connected to resources that allow
residents to reach their full potential.”
PATH Metro Villas is being developed by People Assisting The
Homeless (PATH) in partnership with Affirmed Housing Group (AHG).
Additional partners include the Los Angeles County Department of
Health Services-Housing for Health, California Department of
Housing & Community Development, Housing Authority of the City
of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Housing + Community Investment
Department.
“Today’s groundbreaking is the culmination of many years of hard
work and planning,” said Amy Anderson, executive director, PATH
Ventures. “We are extremely grateful for the support we have
received from so many partners whose passion will help create this
beautiful, high-quality housing community that will serve some of
the most vulnerable in Los Angeles.”
According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission on
Health, the affordability of housing has clear implications for
health. The shortage of affordable housing limits families’ and
individuals’ choices about where they live, often relegating
lower-income families to substandard housing in unsafe, overcrowded
neighborhoods with higher rates of poverty and fewer resources for
healthy outdoor and exercise activities (e.g., parks, bike paths,
recreation centers and activities). The financial burden of
unaffordable housing can prevent families from meeting other basic
needs including nutrition and health care, and is particularly
significant for low-income families.
About Enterprise: Enterprise works with partners
nationwide to build opportunity. We create and advocate for
affordable homes in thriving communities linked to good schools,
jobs, transit and health care. We lend funds, finance development
and manage and build affordable housing, while shaping new
strategies, solutions and policy. Over more than 30 years,
Enterprise has created nearly 380,000 homes, invested $28.9 billion
and touched millions of lives. Join us at
www.EnterpriseCommunity.com or www.EnterpriseCommunity.org.
About PATH and PATH Ventures: PATH Ventures is part of
the PATH family of agencies working together to end homelessness
for individuals, families, and communities. We do this by
developing and maintaining quality affordable housing and services
that bring personal stability and an improved quality of life for
people in need. PATH’s agencies are in 22 locations from San Diego
to San Luis Obispo. PATH has been serving the community since 1984.
In honor of its 30th anniversary, PATH set a goal in 2013 to house
3,000 people by 2015. To date, the PATH family has housed over
3,200 people including more than 1,000 veterans, 1,000 families and
1,000 chronically homeless individuals. www.epath.org.
About UnitedHealthcare: UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to
helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the
health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs,
and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The
company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with more than 1 million physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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UnitedHealth GroupLynne High,
952-979-5861lynne_m_high@uhc.comorEnterprise Community
PartnersKaren Whitaker, 213-787-8236kwhitaker@enterprisecommunity.orgorPATH
VenturesJackie Vorhauer, 202-297-5053JackieV@epath.org
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