Community Housing Opportunities Corporation

Location

1490 Drew Avenue, Suite 160

(behind Kaiser Permanente on the corner of Drew & Cowell

- at the rear of the complex)

Contact

(530)757-4444

Website

http://www.chochousing.org/

Community Housing Opportunities Corporation is a non-profit affordable housing organization whose stated mission is to "increase the availability of affordable housing and to improve the quality of life for very low, low and moderate income households." Originally created within Davis in 1984 as Davis Community Housing, CHOC has sponsored the development of more than 1,100 units of affordable rental housing and 74 single-family homes. Its service area has since expanded to include communities in Yolo, Sacramento, Solano, and eastern Contra Costa counties. CHOC finances developments and programs through a blend of private and public funding, and handles both rental housing and home ownership development for low income households.

Rather than simply providing rental housing for low income households, CHOC takes a four-pronged approach to stabilizing low income communities: property development, property management, asset management and resident services. The property management aspect is handled through CHOC affiliate, Sterling Asset Management Company ("SAMC"), a licensed California real estate broker, approved by HCD and HUD, that serves exclusively as a property management agent; SAMC also provides fee-management services to private owners of multi-family affordable housing. CHOC also operates property-specific resident services programs to help ground its low income communities and provide tools for resident success. This program coordinates resident-based on-site educational, employment, wellness and recreational programs to promote community and personal growth.

Local properties managed by CHOC include

For a listing of other property managers handling accounts in the Davis, please visit our Property Management page. Additionally, our Housing Guide can provide more information on low income housing and utilities programs as well as helpful information about your landlord-tenant relationship.

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2008-12-27 09:48:02 CHOC is all about appearances— keeping the outside looking nice for when the investors inspect the properties. Therefore, if you are a tenant, do not expect them to repair things in your apartment that are not cosmetic . Example: I was unable to flush my toilet with the handle (broken off) for approximately one month. My heater was broken in December. Despite repeated calls to get these items repaired, they finally remedied the situation on the day the inspectors came to the property and entered the apartment. Once again, it's about keeping up appearances for the inspections. Twice a year the building lights need to be adjusted to the time. Each time we report a needed adjustment, we end up waiting several months before anything is done. Meanwhile, it is pitch black as we ascend the staircase to our apartments in the indoor stairwell and it is nearly impossible to see the keyhole to open the door. CHOC is liable for any accident that could occur to a tenant in this situation! Yet, they ignore it. These are just examples from a longer list of repairs that rarely or never happen. On the other hand, carpets in these same dark stairwells have been replaced, parking areas have been paved and the outside of apartment buildings painted, while tenants wait forever for INSIDE repairs. In addition, the manager turnover rate is amazing. Since my 8 years of living here, we have gone through at least SIX different managers! —G.L.