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ILFI Announces New Affordable Housing Pilot Project: 180 Jones

Source: trim lab VMWP is honored to be included in the International Living Future Institute Affordable Housing Pilot Program. 180 Jones, along with an exceptional cohort of affordable housing projects, signed up to pursue the Living Building Challenge, Core Green Building, Materials Petal, Zero Carbon, or Zero Energy Certifications, […]

Denver Passes 8315 E. Colfax Ave. Making Way for Affordable Housing

Denver passes $15 million project to turn former East Colfax strip club into affordable housing Source: The Denver Gazette Date: March 1,  2021 The Denver City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday night allocating $15 million for the development of a new affordable housing project in the East […]

Congratulations Jamilla Afandi, a Winner of the #EQxD2020 Challenge Scholarship

Congratulations Jamilla Afandi, a winner of the #EQxD2020 Challenge Scholarship advocating for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. "My experience living in the housing projects shaped my understanding of the inequities within design and the built environment. For this reason, I chose to pursue architecture as a […]

Palo Alto Teacher Housing Project is One Step Closer to Reality

The project on 231 Grant Avenue includes 110 units for teachers in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Source: www.mercurynews.com By ALDO TOLEDO | atoledo@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: February 8, 2021 at 7:49 p.m. | UPDATED: February 9, 2021 at 12:46 p.m. PALO ALTO — A teacher housing project in the heart of […]

231 Grant Avenue, Teacher Housing Plan Moves Ahead in Palo Alto

Teacher housing plan moves ahead in Palo Alto Santa Clara County's proposed 110-apartment complex heads to City Council Monday night Source: Palo Alto Online by Gennady Sheyner / Palo Alto Weekly Uploaded: Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 9:37 am Santa Clara County's proposed development would provide 110 apartments for teachers and school district […]

Celebrating Victory Village – Affordable Housing for Low-Income Seniors

   Van Meter Williams Pollack celebrated Victory Village on Wednesday virtually with 85 friends of the community, residents, local representatives, and dedicated team members! Victory Village is indeed a victory for 54 low-income seniors in Fairfax, one third of whom are coming out of homelessness. It took […]

Veterans Village is Affordable Housing Finance Winner

Colma Veterans Village has been announced as a Winner in the Special-Needs Category of Affordable Housing Finance's 2020 Readers' Choice Awards for its role in helping meet the housing and health needs of vulnerable veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 66 unit affordable veterans […]

Wayzata – Charting the Course: Reconciling Small Town Character and Housing Diversity

Van Meter Williams Pollack, LLP is thrilled to assist the City of Wayzata in their update of their Design Standards in coordination with the Wayzata 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Wayzata comes from the Dakota word meaning “north shore” and city is known for its beautiful lakefront, historic train […]

Staff Feature: Masoomeh Sharifi Soofiani Serves Her Community

Masoomeh Sharifi Soofiani has been appointed to the Planning Commission by the Richmond City Council this month and will be serving her community for the next two years. "I look forward to sharing my knowledge and experience with the planning commission to help build up an equitable, […]

Staff Feature: Ben Chuaqui, El Cerrito Community Leader

VMWP's Ben Chuaqui, has been serving the City of El Cerrito Parks Board for six years and the Design Review Board for three years.  When asked why he serves his community, he said "I hope to promote good design within El Cerrito. On the parks side, […]

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