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.
Redwood City is exceeding its new housing goals. What is it doing that other Bay Area cities are not?
“They went from nothing affordable to having a really great approach. The city is super eager to get things built,” said MidPen CEO Matt Franklin. “While they have a fee option, the city’s attitude is really, ‘We don’t want your money, we want you to find a partner and build some housing.’ ”
Paseo and Vista Estero win Real Estate Deal of the Year Award
San Francisco Business Times honors Paseo and Vista Estero, key communities that helped revitalize of a former industrial site on the Oakland waterfront.
MidPen tapped to operate senior housing facility
Residents will soon move into a Redwood Shores hotel set to be turned into an affordable senior housing facility, with MidPen Housing and Mental Health Association of San Mateo County at the helm.
New housing advocacy group arrives in Santa Cruz County
Housing Santa Cruz County kicked off its arrival with a virtual meeting that was attended by more than a 100 community members and housing advocates across the county, including MidPen.