Low-Income Apartment Complex Opens on Elk Grove-Florin Road
A new apartment complex near Elk Grove was completely full before it was even ready for tenants to move in. Arbor Creek, a 102-unit low- income apartment complex near Elk Grove-Florin and Calvine roads, held an open house and ribbon- cutting ceremony Thursday . It's owned and operated by Roseville- based USA Properties , which owns numerous low -income and senior housing complexes around the state and about a half-dozen in Elk Grove. "The fact that they have a place like this to live makes them more stable as far as buying into this area," USA Properties President and CEO Geoffrey Brown said. Tenants pay a different rent depending on their income, which can't be more than either 50 or 30 percent of the county's median income. That means a three-person family earning $32,550 a year (50 percent of the median income) would pay $756 for a two-bedroom apartment. If that same family earned $19,530 (30 percent of the median income), they would pay $431 to rent a tw...