SAN JOSE — A low-income housing complex in San Jose has been bought by the Santa Clara County Housing Authority after the federal government took ownership of the property by foreclosing on a delinquent loan.

Las Golondrinas, a 50-unit apartment hub at 77 Kentucky Place in the Little Portugal area of east San Jose, has been bought by an affiliate of the County Housing Authority, documents filed on Oct. 17 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office show..

The Housing Authority affiliate paid $4.5 million for the residential property, a purchase that bolsters the Santa Clara County agency’s mission to preserve affordable homes in the South Bay.

The Las Golondrinas purchase marks at least the third time in two years that the Housing Authority has bought a low-income residential proper

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