Individuals and families who are in need of service-enhanced affordable housing like those developments owned and operated by Abode Communities are frequently struggling to overcome serious economic and social disadvantages. Often times, these households are rent burdened, spending well more than 30% of their annual income on rent, which leaves little remaining resources for basic needs such as food, medical care, transportation, and child care.

At Abode Communities, we work to address the disparity between income and housing affordability for a wide range of low-, minimum- and living-wage professionals such as janitors, child- care providers, bank tellers, nurses’ aides, security guards, retail clerks and truck drivers—individuals whose skills we rely upon daily, but whose incomes are simply not enough to pay rent on most apartment units in California. Resident demographics include families, senior citizens, the working poor, single parents, formerly homeless individuals, persons at-risk of homelessness, and other special needs populations such as Transition Age Youth, survivors of domestic violence, and the mentally/physically disabled.

By doing so, our work: