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Casa Canal: Mental Peace with Safe Sleep—Spotlight on Nina

Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development For Nina, who lives with schizophrenia and experienced a cycle of homelessness throughout her adult life, the mental peace of not having to wonder where she’ll sleep each night has her feeling like a “princess in a castle.” […]

Supportive Housing Opens at 3301 Kerner Boulevard, San Rafael

Source: SFYIMBY By: Andrew Nelson    The project team and local officials gathered together late last week for the grand opening of Casa Canal at 3301 Kerner Boulevard in San Rafael. The ceremony welcomed 41 new units of permanent affordable supportive housing to the city within the three-story apartment […]

Vivalon Hosts Holiday Lunch at New Headquarters

By Marin Independent Journal   Guests sing along and snap photos while the Bread and Roses Holiday Swing Band performs during Vivalon’s annual Holiday Celebration at their Healthy Aging Campus in San Rafael, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)   Vivalon held a holiday lunch on […]

Unanimous endorsement for affordable housing at 1 Hamilton in Mill Valley

Mill Valley commission advances Hamilton Drive housing City-owned property at 1 Hamilton Drive in Mill Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) By KRISSY WAITE | [email protected] The Mill Valley Planning Commission has endorsed a controversial affordable housing development at 1 Hamilton Drive. The commission’s unanimous vote on […]

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 […]

This empty Bay Area office space will soon be turned into supportive housing

Source: ABC7 News Bay Area The 41,000-square-foot office building in San Rafael is on its way to becoming a supportive housing complex with 41 studio apartments for those formerly unhoused. North Bay is underway to convert an empty office building into a supportive housing complex for unhoused […]