At Century, we help create affordable, quality, aesthetically pleasing housing. We work with developers and the adjacent community to include what we call More Than Shelter amenities designed to assist residents—from toddlers to seniors—with services and features they need most, such as child development centers, after-school academic tutoring, recreational facilities, and computer rooms. Other More Than Shelter programs include life-enhancing services and activities for seniors, construction job training and placement, and transitional housing and services for formerly homeless veterans. We believe that these More Than Shelter amenities turn a building into a home and a development into a community.

To help support these important programs, Century Housing created More Than Shelter, devoted to raising operating and capital funds to create More quality child development centers, More after-school tutoring programs, More wellness programs for seniors, More construction job training and placement for local residents, More transitional housing for families and individuals…More Than Shelter.

To learn more about how you can help support More Than Shelter, please contact Kim Ferraro at (310)642-2072 or e-mail kferraro (at) centuryhousing.org.

Child Development • After-School Academic Tutoring
Transitional Housing & Homeless Veteran Services
Job Training & Placement

• The Rivers Hotel opened in 2003 in the Central City East Area of Los Angeles commonly known as "Skid Row." Each of the 76 efficiency units includes a kitchenette and private bathroom, 35 are set aside for a special needs population, and 10 units are unique artist live/work spaces. The building features a spacious lobby and beautiful patio grounds, and SRO Housing Corporation services such as job search assistance, recovery programs, mental health services, health screenings, and more.



• The Cabrillo Plaza Apartments, the latest phase of development at the Century Villages at Cabrillo, featuring rental units for 200 formerly homeless veterans transitioning back into society by paying rent according to their income.



• The Burbank Senior Artists Colony, an affordable 141-unit senior apartment complex in Burbank, includes a 45-seat theater and screening room, two fine arts studios used for art classes and as free studio space for resident artists, gallery space that displays resident art, a media arts complex with a digital video editing bay, and a computer center. Also onsite is a senior wellnes program, offering classes ranging from health and fitness to computers. An onsite library will soon offer an intergenerational read aloud program with a Burbank Unified School District kindergarten next door to the Senior Artists Colony.



• Three Century/Learning Initiatives For Today^® (Century/LIFT^®) Teen Centers, located in affordable apartment complexes, designed specifically for teens seeking homework assistance, college and financial aid application guidance, and a safe place to spend after-school time.



• The Century Community Training Program (CCTP), which has graduated more than 2,200 community residents in 15 cities to prepare them for construction trade apprenticeships. More than 1,600 have been placed in building trade jobs, increasing their earning potential—17% of them women.