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SAP Feature: Karen Murray Presents “Sustainability in Affordable Housing” to Sausalito Commission 

Karen Murray, Partner at Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP), recently presented "Sustainability in Affordable Housing" to the Sausalito Sustainability Commission. The presentation highlighted proven solutions and project examples that align with the city’s environmental goals, focusing on climate mitigation, adaptation, and zero-waste strategies. Core Strategies […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Applications open for long-awaited Roseland apartments as work on plaza, community space continues

Source: The Press Democrat ; Author: Paulina Pineda The Casa Roseland 75-unit affordable housing project is nearing completion in Santa Rosa on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.   The first residents at a long-awaited affordable housing project on Sebastopol Road could start moving in this summer. Casa Roseland will add 75 […]

Grand Opening: Ascent at Hover Crossing, Longmont

Source: Mile High CRE Grand opening photo credit: Pennrose Pennrose, Longmont Housing Authority (LHA), and project partners celebrated the grand opening of Ascent at Hover Crossing, a 75-unit affordable housing community with an early childhood education center in Longmont. The $39 million energy-efficient, mixed-income community provides much-needed family housing in […]

Longmont Housing Authority celebrates opening of Ascent at Hover Crossing

75-unit affordable housing development includes early childhood education center Source: Times Call; Author: London Lyle Longmont Mayor Susie Hidalgo Fahring cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the Ascent at Hover Crossing apartments on Tuesday. City officials, housing leaders and development partners gathered Tuesday afternoon to celebrate […]

New affordable housing communities in Colorado aim to serve families with the greatest need

New affordable housing communities in Longmont and Denver's Berkeley neighborhood are offering larger family units and on-site child care as Colorado expands its post-COVID housing investments. By: Adria Iraheta Source: Denver 7 LONGMONT, Colo. — For Skye Beck and her husband, the decision to uproot their family of five […]

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