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Groundbreaking for Cherry Street Commons Affordable Housing in San Carlos, San Mateo County

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson 1233-1242 Cherry Street, rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack Construction has started for Cherry Street Commons, a new five-story affordable housing complex at 1232-1244 Cherry Street in San Carlos, San Mateo County. The development is expected to bring nearly three dozen units for […]

San Rafael office building becomes home for formerly homeless

Source: Marin Independent Journal; Author: Adrian Rodriguez The former office building at 3301 Kerner Blvd. in San Rafael during preparations for conversion to housing for homeless residents. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) A San Rafael office building that has been converted into a supportive housing complex for formerly […]

This Long Awaited Affordable Housing Unit In San Mateo County Will Begin Construction

This project will turn a six-unit apartment complex into 33 multi-family homes. Source: Patch; Author: Albert Gregory Congressman Kevin Mullen and San Carlos Mayor Sara McDowell will be in attendance for the groundbreaking ceremony. SAN CARLOS, CA — Two housing organizations will host a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday that […]

Modular Construction Enables Efficient and Affordable Housing

NREL Teams Up With iUnit To Advance Lower-Cost Modular Housing Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); Author: Tara McMurtry NREL researcher Shanti Pless (center) introduces visitors to the NREL Research Block, which currently hosts iUnit Communities’ modular apartment prototype, shown on the right. Photo by Joe DelNero, NREL Recently, […]

S.F.’s newest housing development feels like a ‘new city’ to neighborhood residents

Source: San Francisco Chronicle; Author: J. K. Dineen Sunnydale Hope SF is San Francisco’s newest housing development. “Housing first” has become a mantra for a generation of urban policy makers: the idea that a place to live is the first step in dealing with the mental illness […]

‘It doesn’t feel real’: Long-rumored 1,100-unit Balboa Reservoir housing project finally breaking ground in S.F.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle; Author: J. K. Dineen Customers are seen inside a packed Java On Ocean Cafe, a longtime neighborhood institution, on Ocean Avenue in the Ingleside neighborhood. A mural is seen along Ocean Avenue. In the nine years since they opened Ocean Ale House just west […]

MidPen Breaks Ground on Affordable NorCal Community

Source: Multi-Housing News; Author: Jeffrey Steele Built for veterans, the project will provide supportive services and case management. A scaled drawing of Oak Gardens in California. Image courtesy of MidPen Housing MidPen Housing has broken ground on Oak Gardens, a new affordable housing community for veterans in Menlo Park, […]

Mountain View allocates nearly $20M for two affordable housing projects

Developers are proposing to build more than 400 units of affordable housing on E. Evelyn Avenue Source: Mountain View Voice; Author: Emily Margaretten Mountain View recently approved the appropriation of $19.3 million to help finance two all-affordable housing developments, located at 87 E. Evelyn Ave. (shown in […]

Affordable Housing Proposed near Redwood City, San Mateo County

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson 429 MacArthur Avenue, image via Google Satellite Building permits have been filed for a six-story affordable housing complex at 429 MacArthur Avenue near Redwood City, San Mateo County. The project could add several dozen apartments in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks neighborhood. Affirmed Housing is […]

Just Funded: Oak Gardens, Veterans Housing in Menlo Park

Source: Housing Trust Silicon Valley Congratulations to MidPen Housing on closing construction financing on Oak Gardens in Menlo Park, a 62-apartment housing community dedicated to serving veterans, including formerly homeless veterans, and their families earning between 30% and 50% AMI! Housing Trust was pleased to provide a $2.2 […]

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