Lisa Carlos, Vice-Chair of the HA Commission; from left, Pat Wheatley, Chair of the HA Commission; Stephen Faulstich, HA Commissioner; Wendy Santamaria, City Councilmember; Rob Fredericks, Executive Director/CEO of the HA; Randy Rowse, Mayor of the City of Santa Barbara; Steve McGillivray, McGillivray Construction; Sara Erickson, Enterprise Community Partners; Elias Isaacson, Community Development Director – City of Santa Barbara; Mike Hemmons, Citi Bank; David Rowell, HA Commissioner; Dale Aazam, Deputy Executive Director of the Housing Authority; Skip Szymanski, HA retired Deputy Director and 2nd Story Board Member. Courtesy photo.
SANTA BARBARA — On Friday, February 7, 2025, the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) celebrated the official groundbreaking of the Bella Vista affordable housing project. The Bella Vista development is located at 200 N. La Cumbre Rd in Santa Barbara.
The 48-unit development will provide much-needed affordable housing for families with low and very low incomes. The project will feature a two and three-story building, with 48 apartments constructed on top of a podium. The development will also include a semi-subterranean garage with 58 parking spaces for the tenants and a 10 space surface parking lot for the guests accessed off Via Lucero.
In addition to the housing units, Bella Vista will also include a community room, on-site laundry facilities, a lobby, and expansive courtyard spaces for residents to enjoy.
About Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara
The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara is a local public agency created for the purpose of providing safe, decent, and quality affordable housing and supportive services to eligible persons with limited incomes, through a variety of federal, state, local and private resources. Since 1969, the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara has developed and/or secured over 4,000 units of affordable rental housing for Santa Barbara through a variety of federal, state, local and private funding sources. For more information, please visit hacsb.org