University Hills is a housing development on the campus of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in southern Irvine, California, United States, consisting of 1226 for-sale homes and 384 rental units.[1] University Hills was developed by the Irvine Campus Housing Authority, a not-for-profit corporation under the control of the university. UC Irvine developed the area as "a way to compensate for high Orange County housing costs that can keep a recruit from accepting a job at the university."[2]
The land in University Hills is owned by the University of California and leased to homeowners; terms in the lease limit home ownership to university employees and restrict resale prices so that the homes remain affordable.[3][4][5][6][7] Approximately 2/3 of the UCI faculty live in this neighborhood.[2]
- ^ Numbers of units from the ICHA web site as of 2021-03-04.
- ^ a b Ghori, Imran; Cruz, Sherri (May 19, 2014), "University Hills: UCI's tenure tract", Orange County Register.
- ^ Parsons, Dana (November 28, 1987), "UC IRVINE'S Brain Hill : Faculty Members, Administrators Get Break on Home Prices, Live Side by Side in a Highly Creative Community of Scholars", Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Neighborhood is haven for UCI employees", Orange County Register, January 14, 1993.
- ^ McLellan, Dennis (January 2, 1995), "University Hills: A Study in Faculty Living : Academia: Proximity to campus and low-cost homes lure UCI employees to this unique enclave", Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Coleman, Jennifer (January 17, 2006), "Universities dangle housing incentive before faculty recruits", The San Diego Union-Tribune.
- ^ Palakovic, Gary (April 3, 2006), "Housing Perks on the Rise for Middle Class", Los Angeles Times.