How San Francisco hopes to retain teachers through affordable housing options
Lottery applications for San Francisco teachers and district staff will be available early next year for affordable apartment homes in the Sunset District, while there may be an opportunity soon in the Mission District for teachers to finally own property.
Construction Topped Out For Affordable Educator Housing In The Sunset District
Shirley Chisholm Village has replaced a former school and outdoor yard with the low-rise apartment infill designed by BAR Architects with G7A. MidPen Housing is the project developer, and Cahill is the general contractor.
Apartments taking shape on Miles Lane
With foundation work completed and now in its framing stage, 72 new affordable apartments by MidPen Housing are going skyward at 139-141 Miles Lane. The Watsonville City Council approved the development in 2020,
California Approves Hefty Package of Housing Bills
Matthew O. Franklin, president and CEO of MidPen Housing: “With these new laws, the state will expedite thousands of affordable homes and create new jobs, in partnership with our local government partners.”
Affordable Rentals Coming to Watsonville
Property to build affordable apartment rentals is hard to find in Santa Cruz County. So MidPen Housing teamed up with Encompass Community Services to develop the site and neighboring properties as 72 affordable homes and a new state of the art behavioral health treatment center.
Menlo Park council hands out $4.2 million to help build affordable housing projects
Three applications were approved, including one from MidPen Housing for $2 million for 62 homes for extremely and very-low income veterans
Watsonville housing project due in 2024
Community leaders and partners celebrated the construction framing milestone of Sparrow Terrace: 72 affordable homes, including 35 for farmworker families and six for individuals who have experienced homelessness
Construction Milestone Reached for Watsonville Affordable
Partners from the city, county and state joined to mark the construction framing milestone of Sparrow Terrace, MidPen Housing’s 14th affordable rental community in Santa Cruz County. Located at 141 Miles Ln. in Watsonville, Sparrow Terrace will offer 72 affordable apartments.
Campaign for Bay Area affordable housing bond that could unlock up to $20 billion starts gaining momentum
“Awareness of the problem is at an all-time high. With that has come an awareness about how central housing is to other issues like employment, education and health,” said Matthew O. Franklin, President & CEO of MidPen Housing. “I absolutely think this could win and that it’s the right ballot for an ambitious measure like this.”
Oakland’s Largest Housing Project Aims to Build 3,700 Homes On-Site
At a time when the Bay Area faces a major housing shortage, megaprojects like Brooklyn Basin create large-scale, high-density housing tucked into an urban area. MidPen has completed 341 affordable homes and will welcome residents to another 124 homes next year.