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Our Mission

OCCHC works to help extremely low-income families, with salaries under $10 an hour, gain greater self-sufficiency and lead enriched lives. We believe these families deserve safe housing and neighborhoods and that their children should have the same educational opportunities as more affluent neighbors. This belief has guided our efforts every day since our inception in 1977.

Our Vision
OCCHC's goal is a community where every working family has decent housing and access to education.

Our Values

Values and principles guide OCCHC's work:

Those who are most vulnerable in society have voices and should be heard.
Diversity and inclusion are essential for creativity and innovation.
Nurturing individuals and families fosters the growth of healthy communities.
Partnerships, collaboration, and civic participation are fundamental to improving organizations and institutions, and to assuring sustainable social change.
The fostering of healthy human development emphasizes prevention over treatment.

These values shared (in part) with the Kellogg Foundation.

Our Capabilities

For almost 30 years OCCHC has worked with the County of Orange and many of the cities in Orange County to create, develop and manage deeply affordable, quality housing.

Models of Excellence
OCCHC is recognized for its excellent affordable housing product. City officials and lenders point to our housing as examples of successful low-income residential development. Our properties serve as models for affordable housing throughout Orange County.

OCCHC offers an impressive track record of performance. All of our projects finished on schedule and within budget, are 100 percent occupied at completion and experience little turnover. Our residents stay with us for an average of seven years. Rent collection problems are rare. Tenant deposits are usually returned when families move on to ownership or to other locations.