Company Profile
Sustainable
Housing Development Incorporated (SHD) is an Affordable Housing and Mixed-Use
Development firm based in California. SHD specializes in the acquisition and
development of commercial and residential properties. SHD bring to the City of
Los Angeles a wealth of experience in land acquisition, site analysis,
construction, project management and organizing financing. SHD and its
principals have developed five
affordable housing projects, and are currently undertaking other affordable
housing projects in California. SHD has just completed and leased up a
large-family affordable housing development at 29th and Orchid Street in the
City of Los Angeles as well as a 30-unit senior citizen apartment located at
1011 West 91st Street
also in the City
of Los Angeles.
SHD
is a California-based private developer of affordable housing, established in
1991. It is committed to the development and preservation of affordable housing and
other mixed-use
projects, by organizing the resources and activities necessary to initiate and
complete all the phases of a housing project. As a private developer of housing
projects, SHD’s development process involves pre-construction planning,
feasibility studies, preliminary architectural layouts, through financing,
construction, and property
management.
SHD
also joint ventures with
various entities, such as, non-profit, private and public sector partnerships.
Often, SHD develops projects as an equity-investor and envisions such projects as long-term investments. To
ensure a project’s feasibility and sustain ability, we have incorporated in
our activities a comprehensive development on all aspects of affordable rental
housing, first-time homebuyers programs, and economic development. Given the many years of
experience and relations with public housing agencies and the lending
institutions, SHD has developed the capacity to
undertake any complex project through the regulatory gridlock and red-tape.
SHD
The
basic philosophy of SHD is the development of affordable and environmentally
sound projects, with appropriate building standards, designs and architectural
plans. In creating such a built environment and empowering its people, SHD envisions neighborhoods and communities that are conducive for generational
betterment and economic productivity, by enhancing the quality of life, and
revitalizing their productive capacities.
It
is SHD’s overall goal to meet the existing and the anticipated housing needs
of all socio-economic groups, by providing safe, attractive, but affordable
housing, while maintaining an economically sound and healthy environment.
Our
project concepts are comprehensive in scope and address the primary needs of the
people, taking housing as our prime objective. It is an approach which is
community-oriented, and which anticipates major improvement in all social and
economic areas. We believe housing is and can make a big impact in stimulating
economic growth, and improving people’s quality of life.
