Many Mansions

Specialties

Many Mansions is a nonprofit affordable housing and service provider that has been providing hope and homes to people in need since 1979 and is a leading provider of affordable housing in Ventura County. We offer hope to those in need by providing fourteen communities that give residents a home and hope for the future. Our mission is to «develop and maintain well-​managed affordable housing with on-​site supportive and life-​enriching services for low– income individuals and families of Ventura County, with a special emphasis on residents who are very-​low income, formerly homeless, and disabled». Our affordable housing and services serve a wide range of people in need. We have now expanded to own and operate fourteen affordable housing rental complexes with 500 units of housing serving over a 1000 residents with over 300 of those being children. All housing is restricted to households who are low-​income, many who are extremely low income, formerly homeless, and disabled.

History

Established in 1979.

Many Mansions seeks to provide more than housing to its low-​income residents: it seeks to provide ‘life-​enriching services’ so that its residents may ‘break the cycle’ of poverty. This begins with education. Many Mansions has five core children’s programs for children 5 – 18 years that stress education and self-​sufficiency: Homework Tutoring Club (HTC), Friday Activities Club (FAC), Camp Many Mansions, the Many Mansions Career Preparation Program (MMCPP), and the School Liaisons/​School Supply program. All programs are on-​site, run by Many Mansions’ staff, and free of charge.