Ballot measure aims to build more affordable housing in Santa Cruz

This proposed ballot measure would raise $5 million annually over the next 20 years for the City of Santa Cruz’s affordable housing trust fund, and would be vital to affordable housing production and homelessness prevention.
More than 1,000 new Santa Rosa homes are changing the city skyline

Construction on Casa Roseland is expected to start in January. The project calls for 75 affordable apartments for households earning 30% to 60% of the area median income. It’s being developed by MidPen Housing, one of the largest affordable housing developers in Northern California.
Construction Tops Out at 965 Weeks Street In East Palo Alto

In December 2024, the Colibri Commons project team, community members, and supporters gathered to celebrate the topping out of a new affordable housing community in East Palo Alto. The development will provide 136 affordable homes.
Opinion: All I want for Christmas

Members of Del Campo a Cambio urged San Mateo County Supervisors to keep supporting affordable housing, especially homes for farmworkers, on the South Coast. The group connected with MidPen Housing to learn more about developments in Half Moon Bay.
Less parking, more homes and a better environment

AB 2097… is essential to supporting transit and bicycle ridership and enhancing our quality of life, as well as meeting our Sustainability / Climate Action Plan, vehicle miles traveled-reduction, and housing goals.
Demolition Permits Filed for Affordable Housing in SF

Demolition permits have been filed for the existing parking garage at 850 Turk Street in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. The application follows the late-October new building permits being issued for the eight-story affordable apartment complex with nearly a hundred units.
San Mateo’s Kiku Crossing nearly full

MidPen Housing’s Kiku Crossing community is almost fully occupied, with 93% of families moved in. The 225-unit, all-affordable development was completed earlier this year and more than 6,500 applications were received for the units. “It’s a really diverse affordable housing community both in terms of the population served and the income range,” said Mollie Naber, Director of Housing Development for MidPen.
MidPen Housing Announces Completion of Foon Lok East in Oakland

Foon Lok East is a part of Brooklyn Basin, a master-planned community along Oakland’s waterfront that will provide over 3,100 new homes for people of all ages, income levels and walks of life within a vibrant, 64-acre, mixed-use district that includes retail, parks and open spaces.
First multifamily buildings in San Mateo County to be retrofitted with fully electric appliances

In the Belle Haven neighborhood of Menlo Park, three organizations–MidPen Housing, local climate nonprofit Menlo Spark, and the Association for Energy Affordability–teamed up to retrofit Willow Court, an affordable, multifamily housing building, with fully electric appliances.
Grade A Solutions: Public-Private Partnerships Provide Attainable Housing for Educators

Three parties–SFUSD, the Mayor’s Office, and the United Educators of San Francisco–came together to address the need for housing for school employees in the city. MidPen worked closely with the union to understand salaries, pay schedules, household compensation, and household incomes that drive eligibility.