
LTCC Pupil Housing Facility Rendering
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Lake Tahoe Neighborhood Faculty on Wednesday obtained approval to assemble a brand new on-campus constructing devoted to pupil housing.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Company totally supported the 33-unit, 100-bed two story facility that can serve California residents who’re low-income, full-time school college students.
“An actual thrilling undertaking,” TRPA Governing Board Chair Cindy Gustafson stated in lead as much as Wednesday’s dialogue.
LTCC in June 2022 was one in all 11 group schools that had been authorised to obtain funding for low-income pupil housing and might be granted about $40 million in state funds to finish the undertaking. LTCC utilized for this funding in October 2021.
Jeff DeFranco, president and superintendent at LTCC, gave the board a presentation and is worked up to get began with building.
“We’ve been speaking about housing the complete time I’ve been on campus,” DeFranco advised the board whereas including that he has been on the college for a decade, together with the final six years in his present function. “We see this as a transformative undertaking.”
Development for on-campus housing may start as quickly as this summer time, with a goal date of July 1, 2025 for college students to maneuver in, and no later than fall, DeFranco stated.
The roughly 32,000-square-foot facility might be positioned on the southwest portion of campus, overlooking Trout Creek. The power features a reception space, group exercise areas, research areas, laundry, merchandising, and pupil storage locker areas. Sitework contains entry walkways/drives, turf areas, outside seating, landscaping, parking, and a coated utilities construction with a trash enclosure. The constructing may also embody one resident director workplace/condominium.
The utmost proposed top is 37 toes and 6 inches, as DeFranco stated they wished to construct up and restrict the footprint.
LTCC will set up most rental quantities to make sure that low-income college students can entry these services. Particularly, rents will begin at $500/mattress monthly for double-occupancy rooms and $795/mattress for single-occupancy rooms when the ability opens.
LTCC at the moment has housing for 31 college students off campus, within the Ski Run neighborhood, and plans to proceed housing college students there as nicely.
Gavin Feiger, with Preserve Tahoe Blue, throughout public remark stated the company totally helps the undertaking.
Hilary Roverud, Director of Improvement Providers for the town of South Lake Tahoe, additionally shared that the town helps the undertaking.
Governing Board member and Douglas County Commissioner Wes Rice commented that TRPA is a bi-state compact between California and Nevada and, though he authorised the undertaking, famous it’ll do nothing for Nevada college students.
TRPA code requires Governing Board evaluation and approval of the allocation of 10 or extra residential bonus models for income-restricted housing.
TRPA stated within the agenda info on the merchandise that, “The undertaking will carry a lot wanted inexpensive pupil housing to the Lake Tahoe area and immediately responds to the acute inexpensive housing scarcity.”

Supplied/Lake Tahoe Neighborhood Faculty and JK Structure Engineering
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