Anaheim Opengov #DEV2026-RFP0002

Developer sought to lease and stabilize Anaheim’s 52-unit Elm Street Commons affordable housing property

The Anaheim Housing Authority is seeking an affordable-housing developer to take on the long-term stabilization and operation of Elm Street Commons, a 52-unit community in Anaheim. - Government buyer: Anaheim Housing Authority, through the City of Anaheim Housing & Community Development Department. The opportunity identifies Sandra Viramontes, Senior Project Manager. The City of Anaheim and California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) are also referenced in the property’s regulatory agreements. - Opportunity: Enter a long-term ground lease and acquire the existing property improvements. The Authority retains ownership of the land; the lease term is not specified. - Property and affordability: Elm Street Commons is a 52-unit, 100% affordable multifamily community at 111–125 West Elm Street, with 34 two-bedroom and 18 three-bedroom units, including an on-site manager unit. Affordability restrictions cover households at 30%–60% of Orange County Area Median Income (AMI), with rents limited under applicable rules and TCAC requirements. - Developer responsibilities: Take over operations, financial and property management, maintenance, tenant eligibility and recertification, resident services, security, and long-term stewardship. The selected developer must address deferred maintenance, plan for capital needs and reserves, and assume existing Authority debt and regulatory agreements under terms to be negotiated. - Environmental and operational requirements: Coordinate with the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), develop and implement a DTSC-approved Removal Action Workplan, and maintain the underground-parking ventilation system. Project-based vouchers are not available for this transaction. - Property condition and repairs: The assessment identifies approximately $106,150 in immediate and short-term repairs, including the pedestrian-gate callbox, tot-lot ground cover, exterior stucco and paint, roof drainage and leak correction, stair carpeting, boiler, elevator, fire systems, and lavatory plumbing protection. It estimates approximately $887,131 in capital costs over a 12-year evaluation period. - Existing service-contract vendors: Annandale Nursery (doing business as Annandale Garden Center), Global Fire Technologies, Inc., South Coast Industrial Door, Inc., ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation, WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, LLC, Benrich Service Company, and Computer Protection Technology (CPT)/Mitsubishi Electric Power Products. These companies are listed as existing property service providers, not as proposed developers. - OEMs highlighted: ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation is named for elevator maintenance, and Mitsubishi Electric Power Products is named in connection with UPS maintenance. No procurement product line items or part numbers are specified. - Other named organizations: Barker Management Incorporated is identified as the property’s management agent; Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. prepared the property-condition report; California Community Reinvestment Corporation commissioned the assessment; and Elm Street Commons is identified in the regulatory documents as developer/owner. - Existing services and costs: Exhibit C lists landscaping, fire-alarm monitoring, parking-gate maintenance, elevator maintenance, a laundry-room lease, boiler maintenance, and UPS maintenance. Their estimated annual contract amount is approximately $12,020; the laundry lease payment is based on a minimum annual amount or a share of gross revenue. - Performance horizon: The ground-lease term is unspecified. Recorded affordability restrictions run for at least 55 years, the management-agent agreement begins with a two-year term followed by successive one-year renewals, and the property-condition assessment evaluates capital needs over 12 years.

Description

The Anaheim Housing Authority is seeking proposals from qualified affordable housing developers to take on a long-term ground lease of Elm Street Commons, a 52-unit, 100% affordable multifamily rental community at 111–125 West Elm Street in Anaheim, California. The selected developer will assume long-term operations, maintenance, financial management, and affordability stewardship, and will partner with the Authority to stabilize and preserve the property. Responsibilities include addressing deferred maintenance, meeting applicable affordability and regulatory requirements, and undertaking environmental compliance and remediation work under Department of Toxic Substances Control oversight. Responses must be submitted as a single PDF through the OpenGov portal; the RFP states a response deadline of October 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

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