Five Bills To Watch At The End Of California’s Legislative Session

California state lawmakers will wrap up their legislative session later this week, after months of debating bills related to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools, housing, law enforcement and just about every other issue facing the Golden State.
Facebook fund helps bring 500 affordable housing units to Bay Area

The affordable housing group MidPen was always the underdog to acquire the commercial site at 1171 Sonora Court in Sunnyvale.
Livermore Mayor Bob Woerner Cuts Ribbon For Chestnut Square Family Housing

MidPen joins the City of Livermore and County of Alameda to celebrate the Grand Opening of this affordable housing community for Livermore families.
Bay Area nonprofit gives free cash to homeless people, with surprising results

“Miracle Money” pilot lifts residents like Elizabeth out of homelessness and into stable, permanent affordable housing like MidPen’s Shores Landing.
After 20-year saga, S.F. teachers are closer to a move-in date for affordable housing

San Francisco’s dream of building affordable housing for teachers is finally close to fruition with Shirley Chisholm Village
Affordable homes could sprout amid Sunnyvale tech hubs

MidPen Housing, an affordable housing developer that traces its roots to Stanford University and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, has bought a site near offices of major tech companies, as well as some smaller players.
MidPen’s Shirley Chisholm Village Wins PCBC Gold Nugget Grand Award

Best On-The-Boards Affordable Housing Community
Housing advocates applaud homeless hotel shelters while pushing for the next solution

In addressing the homelessness crisis, MidPen transformed a Redwood Shoes hotel into 95 affordable homes for ELI households. Shores Landing is part of California’s $848 million Project Homekey effort, focused on getting unsheltered residents indoors.
Stakeholders celebrate housing, health campus groundbreaking in Live Oak

MidPen joined our partners Santa Cruz Community Health and Dientes Community Dental Care to celebrate the Phase 1 Groundbreaking of 1500 Capitola Road.
The Healing Power of Art in Chinatown: Butterfly mural floats over Moon Gate Plaza

A huge canvas mural of fluttering butterflies now hangs over Moon Gate Plaza in Salinas’ Chinatown, a testament to transformation and renewal — much like the story of this historic but troubled neighborhood.