Los Angeles, CA

Asante Affirmed Senior Housing

Affirmed Housing

The affordable housing project was developed for previously unsheltered seniors.

Asante is located on a 0.6 acre site on South Broadway in Los Angeles, which provide 54 studio and one-bedroom apartments in a five-story wood-framed building over parking at grade. Residents have access to a community room, lounge area, and computer room on the ground floor, property management offices, along with an outdoor rooftop community space. AC Martin was the architect. Onsite supportive services for residents are facilitated through The People Concern, one of LA County’s largest social service agencies. Fuscoe provided comprehensive civil engineering services. A key challenge was the absence of an adjacent public storm drain on the site. The team incorporated raised SUSMP planters, permeable pavers and filter inserts meeting the LID requirements.