• Malibu Canyon Apartments (698 units)
• Malibu Creek Apartments (44 units)
• Avalon Apartments (600 units)
• Canyon Creek Senior Affordable Housing Community (75 units)
• Horizons at Calabasas 55+ (60 units)
• Paxton Calabasas (78 units)

Affordable housing is an important issue for the City of Calabasas. Between 2014 and 2021 the City is required to plan for a total of 330 new housing units (88 Very Low Income housing units, 54 Low Income housing units, 57 Moderate Income housing units, and 131 Upper income housing units), per the Southern California Association of Governments’ (SCAG’s) Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA). The high cost of land combined with the limited supply of developable land has made providing affordable housing difficult. In an effort to address the increasing need of affordable housing and to implement the City’s Housing Element (2030 General Plan), the City has continued to administer the following programs and funds over the last fiscal year:

On December 17, 2003, the City Council allocated $50,000.00 from the General Fund Unappropriated Reserve balance to create Senior Rental Voucher Fund to provide rent subsidy vouchers to qualifying low-income senior residents at the Calabasas Village Mobile Estates located at 23777 Mulholland Highway. The City Council later expanded the program to accommodate seniors and permanently disabled residents of low income who live in rental housing other than the mobile home park.

Today, the program continues to help Calabasas residents in need. There are currently 50 residents enrolled in the program–42 from Calabasas Village Mobile Home Park and eight (8) from other rental communities in the City. These residents receive a monthly subsidy of $262 per month.

The subsidy for participating residents at the Mobile Home Park is partially funded by the owner of the Park. Program eligibility criteria are as follows:

1. Head of household must be 62 yrs. of age or permanently disabled under SSI program;
2. Must reside in multi-family rental housing or mobile-home; and
3. Household income cannot exceed 80% of LA County’s area median income.

Please contact Jaclyn Rackerby, Associate Planner, at (818) 224-1705 or JRackerby@cityofcalabasas.com for more information.

The following communities provide affordable housing options. These communities are not owned or operated by the City, but are required to provide a certain number of affordable housing units. Contact management of each community to inquire about applications and waiting lists:

• Canyon Creek Senior Affordable Housing Community (75 very-low income units, 62 years and older)

• Avanti Calabasas (8 very-low income units): Contact sergio.avila34@gmail.com for more information

• Paxton Calabasas (4 very low income units, contact dwaitt@bluemarbledev.com for more information)

The affordable units above may only be rented to tenants that do not exceed the household income for the affordable levels as published by CA HCD for the LA County region.

• Current copy of income limits published by HCD

The following websites provide additional resources for regional affordable housing options, including a database of rental properties that provide affordable housing units:

LA County Resources

• LA City Housing
• LA County Housing

Ventura County Resources

• Area Housing Authority of Ventura County

Following adoption of Ordinance No. 2004-91 and Ordinance No. 2004-193 (Chapter 5.16 of the Municipal Code), property owners of four or more residential rental housing units in Calabasas were required to register their rental units with the City of Calabasas Community Development Department and to report annually on the latest rental rate for each unit. In addition to this annual registration, property owners are required to report to the City all rent increases over 5%. All reported data has been recorded by staff in a Microsoft Access database since adoption of the Ordinance in 2004. The City has registered 1,410 apartment units, 210 manufactured community spaces, and 24 condominium units.

Unlike the majority of jurisdictions in California, Calabasas does not have a Redevelopment Agency and therefore does not generate Redevelopment Housing Set-Aside Funds. The City’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund, generated from Inclusionary Housing and Commercial Impact Fee revenues, serves as the primary source of funds to support the production of affordable housing in the community.

On January 16, 2008, the City Council committed to providing Thomas Safran Associates with $1,000,000.00 of funding from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund in exchange for a residual receipts loan for the approved senior affordable housing project at 4803 El Canon Avenue. In February 2010, the City loaned the funds to the developer, and the developer commenced construction on the project. The loan will be amortized over thirty, but will be due and payable in eighteen years. No other trust fund monies have been expended; however, $500,000 from this fund was reserved by the Council in April 2012 for a dilapidated home repair program for low and moderate income residents, and further expanded in April 2019 to include financial assistance for the construction of ADUs for low and moderate income residents. The balance of the Trust Fund in June 2016 was $1,609,493.49.

Calabasas contains one mobile home park – Calabasas Village Mobile Estates – containing 211 mobile home spaces. Recognizing that mobile homes provide relatively affordable housing for many seniors and lower income households, the City is committed to preserving Calabasas Village Mobile Estates. The City’s General Plan establishes a distinct mobile home park land use designation (R-MH), and the updated Development Code incorporates a separate mobile home park zoning district. With these designations in place, a park owner seeking closure would have to first justify a General Plan amendment and zone change to the Planning Commission and City Council, and comply with State regulations governing mobile home park closures. By preserving Calabasas Village Mobile Estates, the City is helping address the housing needs of extremely low, low and modest income residents. Additionally, as described under the Rental Assistance Program (#2), as a means of assisting extremely low to lower income park tenants affected by rising park space rents, the City offers a monthly rental subsidy to qualifying residents of Calabasas Village Mobile Estates.

Fair Housing means you have the right to live where you choose without fear of discrimination based on your personal characteristics. The fair housing laws cover most types of dwellings, including apartments, houses, duplexes, condominiums, mobile home parks, residential motels and emergency shelters.

The Federal and State fair housing laws prohibit discrimination based on the following protected characteristics:

• Race
• Color
• Religion
• Gender
• National Origin
• Familial Status (*Families with children under 18 yrs. old)
• Physical and/or Mental Disability
• Sexual Orientation
• Marital Status
• Ancestry
• Age
• Source of Income
• Or Other Arbitrary Basis

Additionally, the Ralph Act (§51.7 of the California Civil Code) prohibits violence or intimidation by threat of violence based on the personal characteristics listed above.

Common examples of housing discrimination can include:

• Refusing to rent or sell housing to someone because of their race
• Prohibiting children from being outside in common areas
• Refusing to do timely repairs for tenants of a particular nationality
• Utilizing advertisements that express or suggest a preference, such as “ideal for single, working professionals” or “Jewish only”
• Refusing to rent a second-floor unit to a family with children
• Refusing to allow a tenant with disabilities to modify his or her unit or common areas
• Harassing a tenant on the basis of his or her sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression

If you feel you have been a victim of housing discrimination or would like to obtain additional information about the federal and state fair housing laws, please contact the Housing Rights Center (HRC). HRC is contracted with the County of Los Angeles to provide residents with free services including (1) landlord-tenant counseling, (2) outreach and education, (3) litigation and advocacy and (4) discrimination complaint investigation.

Housing Rights Center
3255 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 1150
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Toll Free 800-477-5977
TTY-Hearing Impaired- 213-201-0867
info@housingrightscenter.org