Affordable Housing Project Organization

Federal housing authorities on Monday approved a plan to convert a General Telephone & Electric building here into 24 low-cost apartments for people infected with the AIDS virus, said a consultant to the nonprofit organization spearheading the project. "This is probably the most creative housing project in Orange County," City Councilman Robert F. Gentry said.

Federal housing authorities on Monday approved a plan to convert a General Telephone & Electric building here into 24 low-cost apartments for people infected with the AIDS virus, said a consultant to the nonprofit organization spearheading the project. "This is probably the most creative housing project in Orange County," City Councilman Robert F. Gentry said.

A group that has searched for more than two years for a site in Laguna Beach to house people disabled by the AIDS virus and other ailments announced Friday it has found a building it plans to convert into a 25-unit apartment complex by 1995. The City Council has supported the low-income housing effort and in 1991 allocated $50,000 as seed money.

A group that has searched for more than two years for a site in Laguna Beach to house people disabled by the AIDS virus and other ailments announced Friday it has found a building it plans to convert into a 25-unit apartment complex by 1995. The City Council has supported the low-income housing effort and in 1991 allocated $50,000 as seed money.

In what could be the first project of its kind in the nation, an Orange County housing group is attempting to secure $4 million in federal funds to establish low-income rental housing for HIV patients. The program will be discussed Tuesday by the Laguna Beach City Council, which has been asked to donate $50,000 in start-up funds. The seed money would be used to develop the grant application for the low-income handicapped-housing dollars available through the U.S.

In what could be the first project of its kind in the nation, an Orange County housing group is attempting to secure $4 million in federal funds to establish low-income rental housing for HIV patients. The program will be discussed Tuesday by the Laguna Beach City Council, which has been asked to donate $50,000 in start-up funds. The seed money would be used to develop the grant application for the low-income handicapped-housing dollars available through the U.S.