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May 23, 2025
MidPen Housing
“Cienega Heights is more than new housing—it’s an investment in working families and farmworkers who are the backbone of this community,” said Santa Cruz County Supervisor Felipe Hernandez.
May 23, 2025
KSBW
A new housing community for low-income families and agricultural workers has opened in Watsonville, providing 80 affordable homes, with 39 designated for farmworker households.
May 21, 2025
The Mercury News
The first 147 units at Midway Village, a major affordable housing redevelopment near the historic Cow Palace arena in Daly City, officially opened last week for low-income families and young adults transitioning out of foster care.
May 20, 2025
HCD
Fair Haven Commons offers 72 rental homes to families earning 20 to 60 percent of Area Media Income, with 44 homes set aside for those who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. A product of MidPen Housing, this project transformed a previously vacant site into a much-needed supportive
May 17, 2025
Hoodline
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President David Canepa explained the significance of the project, which has turned around a struggling neighborhood, Midway Village I features homes for families with incomes ranging from 30 to 80 percent of the area median income, and the ongoing construction of Midway Village
May 16, 2025
MidPen Housing
First two phases of a four-phase revitalization effort that will ultimately transform an existing San Mateo County Housing Authority property from 150 outdated units into 555 new and sustainable apartment homes.
April 28, 2025
Multifamily & Affordable Housing Business
Project-based vouchers are especially helpful in delivering housing to very low-income residents and the homeless, says Matthew Franklin, President and CEO of MidPen Housing, a Foster City, California-based affordable housing developer.
April 25, 2025
The Press Democrat
Casa Roseland, which will deliver 75 affordable homes, is part of Tierra de Rosas, a community-led effort to strengthen the Roseland neighborhood’s economic resiliency, expand housing choice, and improve community wellbeing. MidPen was selected by the Sonoma County Community Development Commission to be the master developer for the Tierra
April 25, 2025
MidPen Housing
“Today marks an important moment in our efforts to address our region’s affordable housing crisis and ensure Sonoma County remains a place where everyone has the opportunity to thrive,” said District 3 Supervisor Chris Coursey, who represents the Roseland area.
April 14, 2025
San Francisco Business Times
The development aims to ease the high housing costs in San Mateo County, home to 743,000 people and the northern edge of Silicon Valley. “We know that the preponderance of these units are going to be for low-wage working households — the backbone of the local and the regional
April 6, 2025
Palo Alto Daily Post
MidPen submitted two preliminary proposals in response to Menlo Park’s Request for Qualifications. MidPen has completed many projects in the area, including Firehouse Square in Belmont.
April 1, 2025
Sonoma Valley Sun
Nonprofit housing developers like Burbank or MidPen Housing know everything about how to leverage government money, but it’s up to the government to get the ball rolling. If the council is serious about creating affordable housing, now’s the time to prove it.
March 27, 2025
The Press Democrat
Sonoma County Supervisor Rebecca Hermosillo; “This project represents a critical step in addressing the housing needs of our community, and we are grateful for the collaboration of all our partners–MidPen Housing, as well as the state and federal funds that made it all possible.”
March 26, 2025
Patch
Construction is officially underway on Oak Gardens, a new housing development designed to provide permanent homes and support services for military veterans experiencing homelessness and their families. Community members, elected officials, veterans’ advocates, and business leaders gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
March 25, 2025
Multifamily & Affordable Housing Business
Wells Fargo has provided a total of $162.9 million in financing for Phase II of Midway Village, an affordable housing project in Daly City, roughly 8 miles south of San Francisco. MidPen Housing Corp. is the borrower and developer.
March 18, 2025
Newsroom
U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) toured Brooklyn Basin in Oakland to experience local efforts to build affordable housing units along the Oakland shoreline. On the tour, Schiff was joined by representatives from the Northern California Carpenters Union, Alameda County Building and Construction Council, MidPen Housing, and Signature Development Group.
March 17, 2025
ABC7
U.S. Senator Adam Schiff toured Brooklyn Basin in Oakland to experience local efforts to build affordable and mixed-income housing along the shoreline. Brooklyn Basin will redevelop 64 acres in Oakland into a transit-oriented mixed-use neighborhood with residential, retail, commercial, open space and recreation facilities.
March 7, 2025
The Almanac
A report detailing Menlo Park’s housing construction progress in 2024 reveals that the city is mostly meeting the production targets outlined in its state-certified housing element for the 2023-2031 housing cycle. As of the end of 2024, Menlo Park had already permitted 35.7% of the 2,946 units the state