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Ohlone Gardens

6495 Portola Drive, El Cerrito, CA 94530

Resources for Community Development

Applications closed

Availability

Waitlist

3000 open waitlist slots

What to expect

Applications submitted by any method other than the methods described above will not be accepted. We will be accepting pre-applications for the waitlist via the Doorway Housing Portal. The pre-application period will be open for 7 days. Once we have closed the pre-applications in the Doorway Housing Portal, we will conduct a lottery to establish the waitlist. The waitlist will be capped at 3,000 applicants. We will notify all the applicants to inform them if they entered into the waitlist or not.

Contact leasing agent

Deborah Sims

Property Manager

Call (510) 526-4002

Due to high call volume you may hear a message.

Email

6431 Portola Drive
El Cerrito, CA 94530

Get directions

Office hours

9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday

Eligibility

Income, occupancy, preferences, and subsidies
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    Occupancy

    The limits on unit size can be adjusted if needed as a reasonable accommodation due to disability.

    Unit typeOccupancy

    1 bed

    1-3 people

    2 beds

    2-5 people

    3 beds

    3-7 people


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    Rental assistance

    Section 8, including Housing Choice Vouchers and other recognized rental assistance programs, will be considered for this property. In the case of a valid rental subsidy, the required minimum income will be based on the portion of the rent that the tenant pays after use of the subsidy.


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    Additional eligibility rules

    Applicants must also qualify under the rules of the building.

    Credit history

    (a) Total unmet credit problems (including governmental tax liens) in excess of $7,500 Excluding medical debt, student loan debt, voluntary repossession. (b) A bankruptcy (within the last three years). Need to ask someone about current/new debt to an open bankruptcy. (c) A total of unmet credit obligations of any value. REMOVE Replace with “Any unpaid utility bill (power, fuel, water, sewer, etc.) (d) Any amount owed to current or prior ...

    Rental history

    (a) An Unlawful Detainer against an applicant obtained by the current or previous landlord in the past seven years. (b) Replace with: More than three late rent payments in a twelve-month period. (c) Negative landlord history with documented lease violations.

    Criminal background

    A check will be made of criminal conviction records for the past seven years for all adult Applicants of the household. Reports will be obtained from local and/or state records and may also include local Police records. Serious felony offenses and/or continued and ongoing criminal activity will be grounds for rejection if such offenses involve physical violence to persons or property, domestic violence, sexual abuse, manufacture or sale of narcotics ...

Features

Amenities, unit details and additional fees

Built

2015

Pets policy

Pets are allowed. Residents will be required to sign a pet agreement and provide a pet deposit.

Service dogs and emotional support animals are not pets and are permitted as required by law. Pets may also be required to be allowed in certain types of housing, such as publicly financed housing developments.

Property amenities

This property features spacious and beautifully designed apartments with on-site laundry, balconies, assigned covered parking, and bicycle storage areas. Ohlone Gardens has convenient access to BART, AC Transit bus lines, nearby restaurants, retail shopping including the Moeser Lane shopping center, the Ohlone Greenway, the El Cerrito Swim Center, several playgrounds, and K-12 schools and is close to Fairmont and Harding Elementary School, Fred T Koremastu and El Cerrito High School.

Unit amenities

Refrigerator, range and oven, and dishwasher.

Services offered

Residents have access to on-site support services such as educational workshops, youth activities and community gatherings (at no cost to residents).

Smoking policy

No Smoking

Unit features and accessibility type

1 bed 8 units

bath

1

1

1

2 beds 21 units

bath

1

1

1

3 beds 16 units

bath

1

1

1

Additional fees

Application fee

$28
per applicant age 18 and over
Due at interview

Deposit

$949 – $1946
Equal to one month's rent.

Fees are not charged for reasonable accommodations needed due to disability, such as emotional support animals. Fees are also not charged for aids and services needed for effective communication due to a disability. With respect to credit checks, applicants receiving government rent subsidies have the option to provide "lawful, verifiable alternative evidence" of their ability to pay rent, instead of relying on their credit history.

Neighborhood

Location and transportation

Additional information

Required documents and selection criteria

Required documents

Social Security cards for all household members (irrespective of their age) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) for all household members (irrespective of their age). An ITIN, or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, is a tax processing number only available for certain nonresident and resident immigrants, their spouses, and dependents who cannot get a Social Security Number (SSN).

  1. Birth certificates for all minors
  2. State ...

Important program rules

California Tax Credit Allocation Committee Rules apply for eligibility.
Applications closed

Availability

Waitlist

3000 open waitlist slots

What to expect

Applications submitted by any method other than the methods described above will not be accepted. We will be accepting pre-applications for the waitlist via the Doorway Housing Portal. The pre-application period will be open for 7 days. Once we have closed the pre-applications in the Doorway Housing Portal, we will conduct a lottery to establish the waitlist. The waitlist will be capped at 3,000 applicants. We will notify all the applicants to inform them if they entered into the waitlist or not.

Contact leasing agent

Deborah Sims

Property Manager

Call (510) 526-4002

Due to high call volume you may hear a message.

Email

6431 Portola Drive
El Cerrito, CA 94530

Get directions

Office hours

9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday