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Project Summary: Lucretia Gardens & Julien Gardens
OWNER/DEVELOPER
Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara
ARCHITECT
Herman Stoller Coliver Architects, Inc.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
John Northmore Roberts
CONTRACTOR
Nibbi Brothers
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara
| FUNDERS: | TYPE: |
| HUD Section 8 | Capital grant |
| City of San Jose Housing Department | Grant |
DEVELOPMENT TYPE:
New construction, rental attached townhouses and flats, Public Housing.
RESIDENT PROFILE:
Very-low- and low-income families, incomes $0-36,000.
DENSITY: 20 units per acre
DEVELOPMENT PROFILE
| Type | #/Units | Size (sf) | Rents |
| 3 BR flat | 1 | 925 | $73-484/mo. |
| 3 BR (accessible) | 1 | 925 | (30% of HH income) |
| 3 BR TH | 23 | 1,000 | |
| Total | 25 | | |
Laundry: In each unit.
Open space: Shared: 13,500: Front yards: 5,100
Parking: 48, surface
Total site area: 53,100 (1.22 acres -- two sites)
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CONSTRUCTION TYPE
Two-story woodframe, hardboard siding, flat roofs.
DEVELOPMENT COSTS:
Land cost: $530,000; Constr. costs $2,157,000; Other costs: $230,000;
Total development costs: $2,387,000 ($95,480/unit); Completed May 1994.
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LUCRETIA GARDENS AND JULIAN STREET, San Jose, California
 Located on two sites, one urban infill, the other a suburban site bordering recreational park land, this was the first public housing for families in Santa Clara County. The 25 units were divided into nine apartments on Julian Street and 16 on Lucretia Avenue. The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara's (HACSC) decision to build on two sites stemmed from the opposition of the council person from the Lucretia Gardens site to an overconcentration of families with low incomes. The neighbors at Julian Street were supportive because the site was a vacant lot used as a dump. Although a newly elected council person opposed the housing after it was approved, strong support from the mayor and the rest of the council enabled the housing to be built.
 Each
unit has a semi-private front porch, a private back patio, and shares
a common open space. Architect Bob Herman noted, "A simple site
plan, combined with carefully articulated building elevations can
create a dignified yet economical place to live.
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