APSARA – ASIAN PACIFIC SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION Together we can build A safe and supportive community Our Story Asian Pacific SelfDevelopment And Residential Association APSARA was formed in 1989 by a resident group of 35 refugee families who lived in Park Village Apartments PVA a deteriorated and unsafe 230unit apartment complex. The 35 families 7 to 12 members in each family were experiencing severe economic hardship and trauma after fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime. After losing four children to gun violence and tired of desolate living conditions APSARA was organized to build a safe community with affordable housing a safe place for community and youth selfdetermination and economic opportunity purchasing PVA from HUD for 1 in 1993. What we do APSARA is a grassroots membership organization home to the largest concentrated Southeast Asian population in Stockton and the last remaining affordable housing property collectively owned by Cambodian refugees in the United States.