Gateway at Willowbrook Combines Affordable Housing and a County Library in Los Angeles

October 27, 2020  

Gateway at Willowbrook Combines Affordable Housing and a County Library in Los Angeles

The Gateway at Willowbrook is a five-story, mixed-used development that includes a branch of LA County Library and 105 units of affordable housing for seniors. The development is one of several new community assets intended to help revitalize the Willowbrook neighborhood. The unincorporated area located adjacent to South Los Angeles is predominantly Latino and African-American and has significant economic and social barriers to opportunity. Willowbrook Library offers personal and social benefits for residents of the new development and provides facilities and services to the community. Although it is a first in Los Angeles County, the Gateway at Willowbrook follows a recent trend of combining affordable housing with library branches.

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