Grand Opening: New Homes for 80 Families in Watsonville
“We’re thrilled to welcome 80 families home to Cienega Heights, including farmworkers who contribute to an essential sector of the regional economy,” said Matthew O. Franklin, President and CEO of MidPen Housing. “We applaud all of our local, state, and private-sector partners for their vision and commitment to bringing much-needed affordable housing to southern Santa Cruz County.”
New affordable housing development opens in Watsonville
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.
Phase I of San Mateo County’s largest affordable housing development opens
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.
The Future is Affordable with Fair Haven Commons in Fairfield
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 housing community.
Daly City Celebrates 147 New Affordable Homes with More to Come in Largest County Project
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 2 is set to add on to the positive momentum, but not just by adding more units but by enhancing the overall quality of life for its residents.
Affordable Housing Developers Await New Playbook
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.
Local and state officials celebrate construction of long-awaited Roseland affordable apartments
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 de Rosas project, a proposed mixed-use development with affordable housing (Casa Roseland), market-rate housing, a civic-use building, and a 10,000 square foot mercado.
MidPen starts next phase of Midway Village housing development in Daly City
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 economy,” said Matt Franklin, President and CEO of MidPen Housing.
Seven developers propose affordable housing downtown
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.
Editorial: Affordable Housing – Time for Sonoma to put its money where its mouth is
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.