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Grand Opening: Timber Senior Housing

Source: East Bay Housing Organizations City of Newark, County of Alameda, and Eden Housing are celebrating the Grand Opening of Timber Senior Housing in Newark. The development will provide 79 units of new affordable housing for seniors in a convenient location in Newark, CA. The project will redevelop a […]

The Acacia Tour: Educator Workforce Housing in Action

Join us for a building tour and presentation! On May 20th, join Mercy Housing California, Abode Communities, and the County Office of Supportive Housing for a guided tour of The Acacia, an innovative educator workforce housing community in Palo Alto developed through a strong public-private partnership. There are […]

Mountain View pols hit the brakes on terra bella bike lane, leaving RV residents in limbo

Source: Hoodline; Author: Emily Johnson Mountain View’s plan for a new bikeway on Terra Bella Avenue is headed to the slow lane. Last Tuesday, the City Council voted to put the project on hold, bumping it to staff’s backlog as the city wrestles with transportation staffing […]

SAP Feature: Our 6th Year of AIA 2030 DDx Reporting

At Van Meter Williams Pollack, we believe that making cities more livable starts with making our buildings more accountable. This year marks a significant milestone in our commitment to the planet. It is our 6th consecutive year reporting to the AIA 2030 Design Data Exchange […]

California Escalates Pressure on Half Moon Bay to Approve Farmworker Housing (555 Kelly)

Author: Adhiti Bandlamudi Full Source: KQED [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="951"] Concord Farms can be seen in the distance in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 3, 2024. Following the 2023 mass shooting at a mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay, city officials rallied around housing projects that served […]

How Housing at BART Stations Solves a Regional Fiscal Crisis

The conversation around the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system has shifted. While the fiscal cliff dominates headlines, the solution lies not just in subsidies or fare increases but in the very land BART owns. At Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP), we see Transit Oriented […]

Bay Area town says its location makes housing complicated. Newsom says build or get sued.

Source: SFGATE, By Kasia Pawlowska [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Houses near Half Moon Bay in California. Getty Images/iStockphoto[/caption] Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a serious warning to 15 communities across the state: Come up with a housing plan, or get sued. Half Moon Bay was the only […]

DHA, CCH partner to redevelop 4745 Federal into housing

Source: Colorado Real Estate Journal DENVER – A pair of local organizations addressing housing affordability and homelessness partnered to redevelop a publicly owned vacant site straddling the edge of the Berkeley and Sunnyside neighborhoods. In February, the Denver Housing Authority and the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless […]

St. Helena commits $2.2 million to affordable housing project

Source: St. Helena Star   The St. Helena City Council is committing $2.2 million toward a 40-unit affordable housing project. An artist's rendering of the Fountain Street affordable housing project in St. Helena. Highway 29/128 is visible on the right. To the left is Mills Lane, which would […]

Applications open for long-awaited Roseland apartments as work on plaza, community space continues

Source: The Press Democrat ; Author: Paulina Pineda The Casa Roseland 75-unit affordable housing project is nearing completion in Santa Rosa on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.   The first residents at a long-awaited affordable housing project on Sebastopol Road could start moving in this summer. Casa Roseland will add 75 […]

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