Sunnyvale to add 176 new affordable apartments near Lawrence Caltrain station
Sunnyvale’s latest addition is spearheaded by MidPen Housing, a Foster City-based non-profit that builds affordable housing in northern California. Ira Hall was one of MidPen’s founders and a lifelong advocate for social justice and racial equity in the Bay Area. Although he passed away in 2023, his passion for serving the community lives on in his namesake development, said Matthew O. Franklin, MidPen’s president.
Sparrow Terrace affordable housing community nears completion in Watsonville
Sparrow Terrace will offer 72 affordable rental homes in six buildings, including a community building, and will be complemented with green spaces and a revitalized wetlands habitat. Thirty-five of the homes will be set aside for farmworker families, and six apartments will serve formerly homeless individuals.
Massive demand for S.F.’s new teacher housing
Shirley Chisholm Village, developed on a former school site on 43rd Avenue between Irving and Judah streets, has sparked a push for more affordable housing geared toward educators and school staff struggling to stay in the city. Frank Lara, vice president of the United Educators of San Francisco, said the demand shows that “the need is great and more should be done faster.”
Bay Area will decide California’s biggest housing bond ever
“There’s a pipeline here. It’s ready to go,” said Nevada Merriman, VP of Policy and Advocacy for MidPen Housing. The Bay Area authority says the funds could be used to build and acquire up to 72,000 units. That housing would range from the most deeply affordable — homes reserved for people on the brink of homelessness — to “moderate” income households.
Take a closer look at Moonridge, a thriving neighborhood outside of Half Moon Bay
Affordable housing helps provide financial stability for residents so they can focus on advancing their careers and improving their lives, said Juan Rios, senior program manager at Moonridge who was giving a tour around the neighborhood with MidPen CEO Matt Franklin and Moonridge staff.
First-Of-Its-Kind Bay Area Affordable Housing Bond Set For November Ballot
If approved, BAHFA would issue $20B in general obligation bonds to finance the development and preservation of between 70,000 and 90,000 affordable units in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma and San Francisco counties.
New Library and Park Plans Move Forward
Since Fall 2023, the City has discussed with Alameda Point Collaborative and MidPen Housing the feasibility of a branch library in the RESHAP (Rebuilding Existing Supportive Housing at Alameda Point) development at Pan Am Way near West Midway Avenue. RESHAP is a housing project that will develop approximately eight acres of City land at Alameda Point into a trauma-informed campus to serve those most in need.
Dream of Housing and Health Care Now a Reality
On May 29, nonprofit MidPen Housing hosted a celebration for Bienestar Plaza Apartments, 57 affordable rentals at 1520 Capitola Road, Live Oak, long awaited and much needed in this community. The apartments are next to a 20,000-square-foot health clinic opened by nonprofit Santa Cruz Community Health and nonprofit Dientes Community Dental Care 11-chair clinic, both of which opened in 2022.
This completes the vision of a partnership by Santa Cruz Community Health and Dientes and MidPen to turn an unused county property into a campus of health and housing in one location, which is rare but may become less rare locally.
Supervisors Allocate $40 Million to Spur New Affordable Housing
Warren Slocum, President of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors: “The solution to the housing crisis is simple: build more housing. And that’s exactly what we are contributing to with this investment of Measure K funds.”
MidPen Housing Celebrates Two New Developments
MidPen Housing has recently delivered nearly 200 more affordable homes, with the opening of two new communities in California: Bienestar Plaza in Santa Cruz County, and Gateway Rising in Menlo Park.