Century Housing is a private, nonprofit corporation based in Culver City, California. For over 25 years, we’ve helped low-income families find places they can call home.

We work directly with financial lenders and housing developers to create quality, affordable rental and for-sale properties throughout Southern California. We also provide Century Charites, an all-encompassing collection of social services designed to improve lives through educational opportunities, job placement and more. To date, more than 20,000 families have been helped by our efforts. For Century Housing, it’s just the beginning. Help us help more

THE FOUNDATION: Where We Came From

Century Housing developed from one of the largest, most expensive public works projects in U.S. history. And it all started with one of L.A.’s most iconic symbols: a freeway.

In 1972, planning began on the Century Freeway (I-105), a major thoroughfare that would connect the Los Angeles Airport to the city of Norwalk. Residents in areas affected by the proposed development fought the construction.

Lawsuits were filed including Keith v. Volpe, which asked the U.S. District Court to halt construction until the environmental and housing impacts of the freeway could be evaluated and minimized. The case tied up construction for several years until in1979 a solution was reached: the creation of the Century Freeway Housing Program (CFHP).

CFHP was tasked with creating nearly 4,000 units of affordable housing for those displaced by the freeway’s construction along with minority and female employment opportunities. Ten years later, CFHP had transitioned from a housing developer into a lender/financier to more efficiently leverage public and private lending sources.

In October 1993 the Century Freeway opened. At the time it was the nation’s largest public works project at a cost of approximately $2.2 billion.

Having successfully exceeded its initial housing development goal, CHFP was privatized and renamed “Century Housing Corporation.” We remain the only known California state program converted into a private, nonprofit corporation.

Today, Century Housing proudly continues our original goal of finding housing and opportunities for those most in need.