Agoura Hills hears proposal for 100% affordable housing at 29125 Agora Road; developer cites up to $20 million in state support

Agoura Hills planning staff and developers held an online community forum to present a proposed 100% affordable apartment community at 29125 Agora Road, identified by the city as Site E, and to answer residents’ questions.

"I'm Angela Georgetff, I'm a senior planner here with the City of Agoura Hills," said Angela Georgetff, who opened the meeting and described the project as a key component of the city's effort to meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).

Alexa Washburn, chief development officer with National Community Renaissance, said the nonprofit developer is proposing a workforce housing community that pairs on-site management with supportive services and green-building measures. "We are a nonprofit community development organization," Washburn said, describing the group's experience managing affordable housing and noting rooftop solar and LEED targets.

Cynthia Mejia, the developer's project lead, said the site plan presented in the forum envisions a courtyard-style four-story building that steps down to one story at the front. She described a unit mix presented in the slides of 54 total residential homes — 27 two-bedroom and 27 three-bedroom units — with a subterranean parking structure of 81 spaces and community amenities including a community room, playground, laundry room on the ground floor, fitness space and enclosed dog run. Mejia also…