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More Communities, Smaller Footprint: National CORE’s Sustainable Growth in 2025
This Earth Day, National CORE is proud to celebrate another year of sustainability and caring for our planet through environmentally sensitive construction design.
In 2025, we reduced CO2 emissions by a whopping 393,326 lbs. – even as we opened five new communities. That’s the annual CO2 absorbed by 115,733 trees.
Daniel Lorraine Joins National CORE as Senior VP of Property Management
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – Daniel W. Lorraine, a senior executive with one of the most respected nonprofit developers of affordable housing in the United States, has been named senior vice president of property management at National CORE. Lorraine, most recently...
Grand Opening at Westlake Village Caps 15-Year Revitalization of San Marcos’s Richmar Neighborhood
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – National CORE and the City of San Marcos today celebrated the grand opening of the highly anticipated Westlake Village Apartment community, the capstone of a 15-year revitalization of the city’s Richmar neighborhood. The 106-unit, mixed-use...
CORE Announces Details, Opening Dates for Dumosa Senior Village
YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. – National CORE today officially announced the name and move-in schedule for its highly-anticipated affordable senior housing development in Yucca Valley. Dumosa Senior Village will feature 73 one-bedroom and one two-bedroom units for residents 55...
National CORE’s Record of Innovation an Ideal Fit for Avenida Serra
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – National CORE, the builder, owner and manager of Avenida Serra, is one of the leading innovators in workforce housing and a nationally honored developer of quality affordable housing. “CORE's track record is an ideal fit for this project,” said...
Cid Pinedo Named Chief Operating Officer for National CORE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – Ciriaco “Cid” Pinedo has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of National CORE, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit developers of affordable housing, company CEO Steve PonTell announced today. Pinedo, most recently associate...
Alta Vista Family Opportunity Center Receives $150,000 Keck Foundation Grant
EAST LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to the Hope through Housing Foundation to help operate Hope’s Family Opportunity Center at the Alta Vista affordable housing development in East Los Angeles. Through an innovative...
Hope through Housing Receives $40,000 JP Morgan Chase Grant for Montclair Family Opportunity Center
MONTCLAIR, Calif. – The Hope through Housing Foundation has received a $40,000 grant from JP Morgan Chase to help operate Hope’s Family Opportunity Center at two affordable housing developments in Montclair. The money will be used to provide the resources and support...
National CORE to Receive Wells Fargo UrbanLIFT Grant for City of Oceanside Development
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – National CORE, one of the largest nonprofit developers of affordable housing in the United States, has been awarded a Wells Fargo UrbanLIFT Community Grant for its Mission Cove development in Oceanside. Wells Fargo today announced a total of $11.4...
National CORE’s Alta Vista Housing Development Honored as Nation's Best Workforce Housing of 2013
Alta Vista, National CORE’s innovative 60-unit live/work community in East Los Angeles that is redefining affordable housing, was named the nation’s “Best Workforce Housing” at the National Association of Home Builders’ 2013 Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards...
National CORE, ELACC Hold Grand Opening for Award-Winning Alta Vista Housing Development
EAST LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Delmy Hernandez had a hard time finding a job with flexible enough hours to allow her to raise her 6- and 7-year-old children. Today she manages her home, and her own business, Sweets Event Décor, from her live-work unit at Alta Vista...
CORE's Desert Meadows Affordable Housing Development Meets 'LEED Gold' Green Building Standards
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – Desert Meadows, an 80-unit affordable apartment community in Indio, was awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council for achievement in green homebuilding and design. Desert Meadows is the first residential building in...
CORE's Housing Affordability Symposium to Webcast Live on Facebook
WASHINGTON D.C. – The affordability of housing is a growing national crisis, and on Wednesday, a national conversation on the problem and solutions to it will be webcast live by National CORE. The two-hour symposium, from 1-3 p.m. Eastern time, will be presented live...
National CORE Opens Corona del Rey Preschool in Corona, California
CORONA, Calif. – Clarebel Ortiz has experienced the downside of “parking” a preschool-age child in traditional day care. She also knows the alternatives are limited, which is why she doesn’t mince words in describing her 4-year-old son’s new daytime setting. “I love...
National CORE to Open New Headquarters to Better Serve Affordable Housing Needs
Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. – National CORE is moving its headquarters to a new location to help serve the growing need for affordable housing and related services. The new site, at 9421 Haven Ave. in Rancho Cucamonga, will incorporate upgraded technology and a more...
National CORE Holds Grand Opening for Desert Meadows Affordable Housing Community
INDIO, Calif. – National CORE, working closely with the County of Riverside and the Riverside Housing Authority, next week opens its latest full-service, state-of-the-art development – Desert Meadows – an 80-unit two- and three-bedroom community in Indio. Grand...
New Incubator Program in San Marcos to Help SEED Small Businesses in the Wireless Health Care Field
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – San Diego’s growing reputation as a wireless health care force is about to get a legion of small businesses on its side through an innovative program that will help entrepreneurs through those difficult stages of starting up and growing their...
National CORE Wins 7 APEX Awards; Villaggio, Mountainside Named Communities of the Year
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – National CORE, the third largest national nonprofit developer of affordable housing, won seven APEX awards from the Apartment Association Greater Inland Empire, including two in the coveted “Community of the Year” categories. The 14th annual...
Construction of "The View" Apartments Ready to Get Underway in Downey
The New 50-Unit Affordable Housing Complex Will Complement Downtown Downey's Mid-Century Architecture and Will Include Energy Efficiency Measures Downey, February 21, 2013 - The Community Development Commission of the County of Los Angeles (CDC) joined National CORE...
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