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Denver affordable housing complex with childhood learning center on Colfax celebrates grand opening

Source: Denver 7 By: Sam Peña DENVER, Colo — The City of Denver celebrated the grand opening of The Rose on Colfax on Wednesday. The affordable housing complex also comes with a childcare center. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston joined Gov. Jared Polis along with several other speakers at the […]

The need for farmworker housing and 555 Kelly Avenue in the San Francisco Chronicle

A year after Half Moon Bay mass shooting, farmworkers still waiting for better housing Source: San Francisco Chronicle By Jessica Flores [caption id="attachment_11824" align="alignnone" width="720"] Amairani Cortes walks to the gate at California Terra Garden in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 26, 2023, days after the mass shooting […]

180 Jones achieves TCO

Congratulations to the 180 Jones team as they achieved Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) on Friday! "The San Francisco building code permits building officials to issue TCOs prior to completion of all work covered by the permit, provided it is found safe for occupancy (2013 SFBC-Section […]

555 Kelly in Half Moon Bay gets $2 Million for farmworker housing

Half Moon Bay gets $2M for farmworker housing By Mark Sayre Source: Half Moon Bay, KTVU FOX 2 It has been a tough year in the coastal community Half Moon Bay – still reeling from a shooting in January that left seven farmworkers dead. That shooting prompted calls for […]

Santa Clara County approves six affordable housing projects with some of the last of Measure A funds including VMWP’s Terra Bella and Kooser

Measure A money has now funded 4,749 affordable homes By GRACE HASE | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: December 5, 2023 at 5:40 p.m. | UPDATED: December 6, 2023 at 1:58 p.m. Santa Clara County is adding 716 new affordable homes to its housing stock, largely using Measure A money, leaving the […]

Celebrating Groundbreaking of Motel Conversion and Affordable Housing with RCD

We celebrate Bell Street Gardens groundbreaking with Resources for Community Development and our partners.     The Bell Street Gardens project in Fremont, California is a two-building affordable housing redevelopment. The first building is the renovation of the existing two-story motel that will include the addition of a […]

Celebrating the Grand Opening of Crossing Pointe South

Today we celebrate the Grand Opening of Maiker Housing's Crossing Pointe South, a new affordable family housing community, in Thornton, Colorado. Congratulations to the VMWP Team: Brett Jacques, Jeos Oreamuno, to owners Maiker Housing Partners, Peter LiFari, Steven Kunshier, JHL Constructors, Jason Bergey, Douglas Dreier, Enterprise […]

San Rafael invests in 3301 Kerner office conversion to affordable housing

By ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ | [email protected] Source: Marin Independent Journal San Rafael is earmarking $1.45 million to preserve affordable rental homes and create apartments for the homeless. The City Council voted 4-0 to approve a resolution on Monday to authorize the expenditure. The money came from the city’s Affordable Housing Trust […]

Mayor Breed, Balboa Reservoir is an example of revitalization

Breed asks University of California to consider opening downtown San Francisco campus Source: SFGATE By Alec Regimbal [caption id="attachment_11000" align="alignright" width="300"] San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks onstage during the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 2, 2022, in New Orleans. […]

Denver community fundraises to build affordable housing, Montbello FreshLo Hub

The often-overlooked Denver neighborhood of Montbello raises money to build affordable housing and space for services in their community. Watch CBS's coverage of  the anticipated mixed-use Montbello FreshLo Hub redevelops an infill 1.6 acre former RTD bus storage site. The project's proposed design brings a series of community-oriented […]

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