The Racist Roots of Single-Family Zoning
Outlawed racist covenants still make it illegal to build affordable housing throughout the Bay Area. VP of Housing Development Lillian Lew-Hailer explains why income is a proxy for race.
Monique Davis builds her place in housing
MidPen’s Monique Davis, Associate Director of Design and Construction, helps bridge the gap between housing and sustainability, revitalizing the Bay Area and changing lives. Learn how Monique is making moves at MidPen, showing by example the possibilities for women and POC in the world of affordable housing.
MidPen’s Oakland Developments Top Construction List
Newly completed Paseo Estero and Vista Estero, as well as Foon Lok West, currently in construction, are some of Oakland’s largest construction projects.
Can a Stalled Train to Las Vegas Speed Housing Construction in California?
An investment group failed to sell $2.4 billion in bonds to finance the Brightline West high-speed rail project. Housing advocates hope those funds can help ease the state’s home shortage.
Structures Awards: Public, private groups join together to build 80-unit Stevenson Terrace (Video)
Birthed from a 2.3-acre, park-adjacent site that was deemed surplus land in 2013, the city of Fremont rezoned the property to residential the following year, and along with Alameda County, financed about a quarter of the $47.8 million development.
San Mateo OKs plans for housing
1,200 housing units spread across two developments moving ahead.
Sonoma’s Garden of Earthy Delights
Celestina Gardens senior residents grow together as they tend to their onsite community garden.
Affordable housing plan in Moss Beach clears hurdle
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approve a rezoning request and amendments to a Local Coastal Program land-use plan, taking Moss Beach proposal closer to development.
San Mateo advances fully affordable housing project near transit
San Mateo Planning Commission unanimously approves a 225-unit, 100% affordable community and five-story parking garage on two adjacent lots near the San Mateo Caltrain station.
Affordable apartments on Mission Boulevard get Union City Planning Commission OK
Plans to build 80 affordable apartments and more than 6,000 square-feet of office space along Mission Boulevard in Union City are moving ahead after planning commission gives Lazuli Landing the green-light.