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Four New Housing Projects Delivering Affordable Homes

Source: SV@Home Despite rising construction costs and financing hurdles, affordable housing development is still pushing forward in Santa Clara County. We are spotlighting four promising projects—two of which SV@Home formally endorsed—that are creating hundreds of much-needed homes across the region.In today’s challenging development landscape, breaking ground […]

Groundbreaking Soon For 1371 Kooser Road, San Jose

Source: SF YIMBY By: Andrew Nelson 1371 Kooser Road establishing view, rendering by VMWP Architects The San Jose City Council has approved a $73.7 million bond for the affordable housing infill at 1371 Kooser Road in the Cambrian neighborhood of San Jose, Santa Clara County. The project will soon replace a former Chuck E. […]

Colorado’s 25 Top Projects: Montbello FreshLo Hub

ColoradoBiz celebrates its first-ever Top Projects winners Source: ColoradoBiz ColoradoBiz honored 25 construction projects during its first-ever Top Projects awards and networking event on May 22 at Social Capitol in Arvada. The event was an opportunity to honor those in the built industry whose projects exceeded expectations this […]

San Francisco’s Tenderloin Welcomes Residents to Affordable, Supportive Housing at 180 Jones (Video)

Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development Larry spent years surviving homelessness on the streets of San Francisco. He spent much of his time at a bus stop across the street from his new home. “I can’t believe I was out there,” said Larry, looking outside […]

Denver mayor hopeful about new housing goals despite funding loss

Source: Axios Denver Written by Esteban L. Hernandez Photo illustration: Axios Visuals; Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images   Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's 2025 affordable housing goal isn't public yet, but he's cautioning that any new benchmark will be "tougher" to meet this year than last year. The big picture: Denver needs roughly 45,000 […]

AVi at Olde Town wins NAHRO 2024 Agency Awards

Source: NAHRO   AVi at Olde Town is a 100-unit, transit-oriented, service-enriched, urban infill project serving households earning 30-70% AMI with 30 units reserved for emancipated foster youth and 10 units reserved for unhoused veterans. Nominated for Excellence in Affordable Housing - AVi at Olde Town The youth and […]

Montbello FreshLo Hub featured in The Denver Post

Montbello’s status as a food desert to end next year with $97M project that includes grocery store, housing and more. FreshLo Hub will also bring a new arts and cultural center to northeast Denver neighborhood.   [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="769"] Jauwan Chapman, who grew up in the […]

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of 100% Affordable Housing, Islais Place

Today, Mayor London N. Breed joined City officials, community leaders, and housing advocates to celebrate the grand opening of Islais Place, a new 100% family-oriented affordable housing project in District 11. The project includes 137 apartments affordable to households making between 30% and 103% of […]

Celebrating the Ribbon Cutting of BRIDGE Housing’s Islais Place

Today we celebrate the ribbon cutting of BRIDGE Housing's Islais Place at 4840 Mission Street in San Francisco, California. It is one of the first new 100% affordable housing developments built in San Francisco’s District 11 and one of the first major projects in the […]

VMWP at Housing Colorado 2024

Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is proud to be an annual supporting sponsor, volunteer, and charrette leader of the 2024 Housing Colorado Conference in Keystone, Colorado, October 9-11, 2024. VMWP supports Housing Colorado an industry resource for all aspects of affordable housing, including professional advocacy, issue expertise, and […]

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