Los Robles is destined to be Manteca’s most unique apartment complex.
Not only is the complex that is being built to serve low-income renters in the Manteca workforce the most strategically placed complex in the city when it comes to walkability to a wide array of amenities, but it has the community’s first set-aside for agricultural households.
Thirty percent of the units are being set aside for agricultural households.
To qualify for an agriculture set aside unit, at least one member of the household must be employed in the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities, dairying, and such.
That also includes the delivery and preparation of commodities for market or storage as well as work off the farm in the processing of any agricultural commodity.
Anticipated monthly rent levels are:
*$588 to $1,177 for each of the 24 one-bedroom, one-bathroom units.
*$706 to $1,413 for each of the 50 two-bedroom, one-bathroom units.
*$816 to $1,632 for each of the 25 three-bedroom, two-bathroom units.
The remaining unit is for the complex manager.
The sliding rent scale applies to households earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income.
The actual rent is determined by household size and income.
The current average median income for San Joaquin County, as an example, would qualify households with three people earning between $28,2560 (30 percent AIM) to $56,520 (60 percent of AIM).
The AIM is subject to change annually.
It is much like the 153-unit Juniper Apartments on Atherton Drive east of Van Ryn Avenue.
Both are workforce housing aimed at trying to serve those whose wages squeeze them out of the housing market.
San Joaquin County is the seventh largest farm production county in California as well as the United States with the 2024 production value coming in at $3.146 billion.
The rise of Manteca, Lathrop, Tracy, and Ripon as the de facto “affordable housing” solution for the job-rich Bay Area has put upward pressure on rents due to more robust income than local workforce households earn.
The three 3-story buildings will have a high degree of energy efficiency including solar panels.
It includes a community room, on-site laundry facilities, EV charging, plus outdoor green space and paseos along with play areas
The 100-unit endeavor is within an average two block walking distance of:
*A Save Mart supermarket.
*A neighborhood market/restaurant
*Two convenience stores.
*Two shipping outlets for those all-important online shopping returns.
*Bank of America ATMs.
*Two pharmacies.
*A coffee shop
*Four sit-down restaurants
*A health club gym.
*Two fast food options.
*A hair styling business.
*Gas station, tire store, and oil change business.
*Two Manteca Transit bus stops.
*And more.
The new apartment complex is being built with financing from a $40 million revenue bond secured by Bold Communities with the blessing of the Manteca City Council given a public agency needs to sign on but not be encumbered by such a project.
There is an interest list that can be accessed at boldcommunitues.org for the rent restricted units.
The project is targeted to be completed this fall.
To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com
