On Friday morning, the back lot of Culver‑Palms United Methodist Church officially turned into a construction site, as workers broke ground on Jubilo Village, a 100% affordable housing complex set to bring about 95 new apartments to Culver City. The mixed‑use project links Community Corporation of Santa Monica with the church and Upward Bound House to deliver on‑site supportive services, and city leaders framed the ceremony as a long‑promised milestone finally coming to life. After brief speeches and the obligatory golden‑shovel photo op, crews wasted no time drilling into the old church building to prepare the site.
The groundbreaking drew a crowd of local officials and nonprofit leaders and was covered by Culver City Crossroads, which quoted Community Corp. Executive Director Tara Barauskas and Mayor Freddy Puza on the project’s significance. Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager‑Dove’s office has also spotlighted Jubilo Village, listing $850,000 in federal community‑project funding that her February materials say helped plug a remaining financing gap for the development, according to a Kamlager-Dove press release.
A city staff report places the project at 4464 Sepulveda Boulevard and confirms that Jubilo Village will include 95 affordable one‑, two‑, and three‑bedroom apartments, with supportive services delivered through a partnership with Upward Bound House. City staff documents identify Community Corporation of Santa Monica as the developer and track earlier city actions backing the proposal. The city's own project page pegs the total project value at close to $75 million and outlines multiple local funding commitments, including project‑based vouchers and prior city loan support, according to the city project page.
What Jubilo Village Will Offer
Plans for Jubilo Village go beyond simply stacking apartments. The design calls for shared amenities such as a community room and kitchen, a reading room, children’s and teen play areas, a community garden, and laundry rooms on every floor, as well as on‑site property management and supportive services. Reporting and planning documents indicate that roughly 43 of the units will serve as permanent supportive housing for residents exiting homelessness, with the remaining apartments reserved for low‑ and very‑low‑income families, according to WestsideToday.
The church’s own project information shows that residents will park and store bikes mostly out of sight. Materials describe a subterranean parking garage and substantial bicycle storage, listing about 64 resident parking spaces along with multiple bike stalls, according to Culver-Palms United Methodist Church.
Funding And Timeline
The financing behind Jubilo Village reads like a patchwork quilt of modern affordable housing funding: city loans and vouchers, state grant applications, and private capital all stitched together. City records detail earlier commitments of local loans and project‑based vouchers, as well as a 2025 direction to include a $16 million loan appropriation in the city budget, according to city records. Coverage of the groundbreaking also noted that City National Bank is supplying a construction loan and an equity donation, and that the National Equity Fund is among the financing partners, according to Culver City Crossroads.
As for when residents might move in, the official word is not entirely in sync. The city’s project listing points to a target completion date of July 31, 2027, while local reporting at the ceremony cited an expected finish sometime in 2028, according to the city listing.
For Culver City officials and project partners, though, the key milestone is already here: a long‑planned, faith‑based affordable housing partnership is finally under construction, aiming to keep vulnerable families close to transit and services. Construction crews are now on site, and Community Corp. and the city say they will roll out more detailed scheduling and leasing information as the work moves forward.
