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Affordable housing leader Randy Tsuda receives lifetime achievement

Source: Mountain View Voice; Author: Emily Margaretten Tsuda recognized for long-term impact on housing affordability in region Alta Housing CEO and president Randy Tsuda. Courtesy Alta Housing. Alta Housing CEO and president Randy Tsuda has shaped local housing policy in the region for decades. Nowhere is this more evident than […]

One of SF’s most food-insecure neighborhoods is getting a grocery store like no other

Bi-Rite, 18 Reasons, and Crankstart have teamed up to open the nonprofit Sunnydale Market in Visitacion Valley. Source: The San Francisco Standard; Author: Sara Deseran Sam Mogannam at Bi-Rite Market’s Polk Street location. | Source:Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Standard   Last Wednesday, 18 Reasons, the food education nonprofit affiliated with Bi-Rite Market, celebrated […]

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 […]

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