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March 25, 2026
Office of Rep. Mike Thompson
MidPen’s Matt Franklin was honored to participate in Congressman Mike Thompson’s (CA-04) recent community roundtable to discuss the affordability crisis facing families across Sonoma Valley and highlight the American Affordability Act, his comprehensive legislation aimed at lowering the cost of living for working families.
March 18, 2026
The Press Democrat
The affordable apartments are part of the larger Tierra de Rosas redevelopment reshaping the heart of Roseland, a predominantly Latino neighborhood folded into Santa Rosa city limits in 2017.
March 15, 2026
SF YIMBY
Construction is progressing for an affordable housing community at 33435 Mission Boulevard in Alameda County’s Union City. The development is being led by MidPen Housing, looking to produce 81 units across a four-story complex with community-serving retail space to be operated by Union City’s Youth & Family Services. The
March 9, 2026
CalMatters
MidPen’s Nevada Merriman spoke with CalMatters about the challenges facing developers in California and how these barriers have left nearly 40,000 shovel-ready affordable homes in limbo, according to a new report from Enterprise Community Partners.
February 24, 2026
The Silicon Valley Voice
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Sunnyvale City Council extended an agreement with developer MidPen Housing to build the five-story complex, located at 295 S. Mathilda Ave. Amid concerns over parking and building height, council members, advocates and MidPen executives said the project represents a good compromise, one that
February 12, 2026
SF YIMBY
Construction has begun on an affordable housing community at Cypress Point Street in Moss Beach, San Mateo County. The development is looking to replace a former military training ground with 71 homes and an amenity center across 17 buildings. MidPen Housing is the project developer.
February 4, 2026
KQED
Click “listen” to hear MidPen’s Nevada Merriman describe how Sunnyvale’s impact-fee waiver facilitated creation of 176 new affordable homes for families
February 2, 2026
MidPen Housing
Mahonia Glen is MidPen’s first development in Santa Rosa and the city’s first to advance under SB 35—a bill that streamlines approval of projects that meet affordability requirements.
January 19, 2026
San Jose Spotlight
Ten out of 28 transit-oriented development projects in the Valley Transportation Authority’s portfolio are now under active development. This is partly because of two $49 million state grants awarded to VTA last month for two projects, including MidPen’s Capitol station site.
January 7, 2026
KQED
The California state legislature passed a bevy of blockbuster housing bills last year. As those laws go into effect, some housing experts say they mark a seismic shift in attitudes towards the state’s housing affordability crisis and lawmakers’ appetite for solving it.
January 3, 2026
Los Angeles Times
State providers leverage Medi-Cal funds to help keep people off the streets. At the nonprofit MidPen Housing, which serves 12 counties in and around the San Francisco Bay Area, roughly 40% of the units in the program’s pipeline are earmarked for “extremely low-income” people, a group that includes those
January 2, 2026
Silicon Valley Business Journal
“Affordable housing dominates the pipeline with multiple developments underway” including MidPen’s Oak Gardens, Lazuli Landing, Ira D. Hall Square, and other communities.
December 16, 2025
MidPen Housing
“We’re eager to move forward with our partners in San José, Alameda, and Watsonville to create 362 new homes close to jobs and transit,” said Matthew O. Franklin, President and CEO of MidPen.
December 16, 2025
The Daily Journal
A property in San Carlos owned by San Mateo County will be developed by MidPen Housing to create a minimum of 75 affordable units, adding to the much-needed housing catalogue on the Peninsula. MidPen Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, will begin designing housing on three county-owned parcels on
December 15, 2025
County Executive’s Office
San Mateo County supervisors have approved the next phase of a project that promises to bring new affordable homes to San Carlos. The action allows MidPen Housing to begin designing a new housing community on three County-owned parcels in the 600 block of Walnut Street, a site near the
December 12, 2025
KSBW
Watsonville is partnering with Santa Cruz METRO and MidPen Housing and has been awarded a $39 million state grant through the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program. The money will help build the Watsonville Metro Project, a new affordable housing and transit-centered development downtown.
December 11, 2025
City of Alameda
This significant funding is a major step forward in addressing homelessness and will launch the first phase of a visionary, mixed-use campus at Alameda Point, providing new affordable housing, transportation improvements, and critical resident services. The majority of the funding will directly support Stardust Gardens, an 80-unit, trauma-informed affordable
December 5, 2025
Multi-Housing News
Shirley Chisholm Village wins Gold Award for Best Development & Design: Affordable. Designed by BAR Architects & Interiors, the community is MidPen’s first in San Francisco. It provides 135 affordable apartments with preference for San Francisco Unified School District educators, district employees, and their families.