Overview
Aster Place consists of 40 two-story townhome-type units and a community building. There will be 16 two-bedroom units and 24 three-bedroom units on a two-acre parcel of land located at 2440 Myrtle Avenue in Eureka. The project is at the southwest corner of Myrtle and Moore, just across the intersection from the new HealthSPORT.
The outdoor areas will include pedestrian-friendly streetscapes, play areas, and a richly landscaped community green space. The building clusters have been oriented to promote a humanly scaled streetscape where automobile drivers will yield to the pedestrian, bicyclist, and skateboarder.
Each building cluster will have its own solar panel array which will draw energy from the sun and greatly reduce each tenant's monthly electrical bill.
Construction on Aster Place began in May of 2011 and will be complete by the end of March 2012. Accepted applicants will be able to move in during April of 2012.
Plans & Room Sizes
You may view the architectural drawings here. The average two-bedroom unit has 882 square feet, and the average three-bedroom unit has 1,101 square feet.
Applications
Download the Aster Place application
Download the accompanying instructions
Applications will be processed and accepted in the order they are received. After reading the instructions, you may call Laura Berreth at 707.825.1532 with any questions.
Eligibility
To be eligible to live at Aster Place, you must meet certain income-level restrictions based on the size of your family. Income levels are measured as a percentage of AMI, the Area Median Income. Tenants must have an income level at or less than a certain percentage of AMI for the corresponding family size. Those percentages and corresponding rent levels can be seen by clicking here.
Project Funding
Aster Place is a cutting-edge affordable housing project made possible by a unique partnership between Danco Communities, Pacific West Communities, Community Revitalization and Development Corporation, Danco Builders Northwest, the County of Humboldt, the HOME Investment Partnership Program, WNC, Citibank, JPMorganChase, and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.