HomeMy WebLinkAboutHousing Division - Civic Academy 4-14-2025Housing
Division
Finance Department
January 30, 2025
Palm Desert
Housing Division
▪Affordable Apartment Rental
Program
▪First Time Homebuyer Program
▪Home Improvement Program
▪Private Developer Partnerships
▪Rent Review Chapter 9.50
Affordable
Apartment Rental
Program
▪1,114 affordable rental units
▪98% occupied
▪Requires annual income
recertification
▪Falkenberg/Gilliam & Associates
▪Day-to-Day Operations and
Maintenance
First-Time
Homebuyer Program
▪292 Affordable Homes
▪Falcon Crest : 93 Homes
▪Desert Rose: 161 Homes
▪Portola Palms Mobile Home Park: 20 Homes
▪Infill Homeownership: 18 Homes
▪ Pre-Qualified Interest-List Applicants
▪Annual review of properties for program
compliance
Emergency Home
Improvement Program
▪A qualified applicant is:
▪A City of Palm Desert Homeowner of:
▪A Single-Family Home or Mobile
Home
▪The home is their primary residence
▪Verified income of Low or Very-Low
▪Emergency repairs include:
▪Repair/replacement of air conditioning
units, heating systems, leaky roofs or
plumbing, and other health and safety
related repairs
Private Developer
Partnerships
▪Incentives program
▪340 units with affordability
restrictions over 10
properties
▪Affordability Restrictive
Agreement is recorded on
properties
▪Annual compliance review
Upcoming Development
Opportunities
▪983 housing units under way:
▪Vitalia: 266 + 3 manager units (Under
construction)
▪Crossings at Palm Desert: 175 +1
manager unit
▪Palm Villas: 239 + 2 manager units
▪Agate at Palm Desert: 149 units + 1
manager unit (Under construction)
▪Millennium Apartments: 66 units, 264
market (Under construction)
▪The Sands Apartments: 88 units, 388
market
Rent Review: Mobile
Home Parks
▪Mobile Home Park Rent
Review established in 1983
▪Municipal Code 9.50 outlines
Rent Review
▪Requires annual compliance
review