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Blighted Fremont Motel Takes on New Life as 126-Unit Affordable Housing Complex

Full Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal By Elizabeth Nguyen – Contributing Writer, Silicon Valley Business Journal Resources for Community Development celebrates the grand opening of its affordable housing development Bell Street Gardens in Fremont on July 23, 2025. Photo by Henri Boulanger. A long-vacant Fremont motel that was once considered […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

Laurel at Perennial Park and Casa Roseland Featured in The Press Democrat

More than 1,000 new Santa Rosa homes are changing the city skyline. Here’s a look. Written by: PAULINA PINEDA Source and full article: THE PRESS DEMOCRAT ... Just over 1,300 units have been built this year — nearly twice the number of new homes added last year to the city’s […]

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 […]

Brett Jacques at Housing Colorado’s affordable housing design charrette for Grand Junction Housing Authority

At the end of September, Brett Jacques participated in Housing Colorado's affordable housing design charrette for Grand Junction Housing Authority. The charette was a part of the Urban Housing class taught by Jennifer Steffel Johnson at CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning. Brett participates voluntarily […]

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 […]

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