Sen. Schiff Visits Oakland’s Brooklyn Basin
U.S. Senator Adam Schiff toured Brooklyn Basin in Oakland to experience local efforts to build affordable and mixed-income housing along the shoreline. Brooklyn Basin will redevelop 64 acres in Oakland into a transit-oriented mixed-use neighborhood with residential, retail, commercial, open space and recreation facilities.
Progress report shows Menlo Park is on track with housing construction
A report detailing Menlo Park’s housing construction progress in 2024 reveals that the city is mostly meeting the production targets outlined in its state-certified housing element for the 2023-2031 housing cycle. As of the end of 2024, Menlo Park had already permitted 35.7% of the 2,946 units the state mandates the city build by the end of 2031.
Menlo Park housing development breaks ground
Affordable housing developer MidPen Housing recently broke ground on a 62-unit development in Menlo Park, the home to tech and finance giants such as Meta, Robinhood and Andreessen Horowitz. The housing community, located at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at 795 Willow Road, helps meet the city’s need for 2,946 units by the year 2031. Of that, 56% are to be marketed to individuals and families with moderate to very low income.
MidPen Breaks Ground on Affordable NoCal Community
The location is an infill site on the VA Palo Alto Health Care system campus, owned by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The 100 percent supportive housing community will feature 62 apartments, including two managers’ units, that will serve veterans and their families earning up to 30 to 50 percent of Area Median Income.
MidPen and Partners Break Ground on 62 Affordable Homes for Veterans in Menlo Park, CA
“My hope is that this project can serve as a testament that affordable housing should go everywhere in our community,” said Menlo Park Mayor Drew Combs, who lives a few blocks from Oak Gardens.
Ballot measure aims to build more affordable housing in Santa Cruz
This proposed ballot measure would raise $5 million annually over the next 20 years for the City of Santa Cruz’s affordable housing trust fund, and would be vital to affordable housing production and homelessness prevention.
More than 1,000 new Santa Rosa homes are changing the city skyline
Construction on Casa Roseland is expected to start in January. The project calls for 75 affordable apartments for households earning 30% to 60% of the area median income. It’s being developed by MidPen Housing, one of the largest affordable housing developers in Northern California.
Construction Tops Out at 965 Weeks Street In East Palo Alto
In December 2024, the Colibri Commons project team, community members, and supporters gathered to celebrate the topping out of a new affordable housing community in East Palo Alto. The development will provide 136 affordable homes.
Opinion: All I want for Christmas
Members of Del Campo a Cambio urged San Mateo County Supervisors to keep supporting affordable housing, especially homes for farmworkers, on the South Coast. The group connected with MidPen Housing to learn more about developments in Half Moon Bay.
Less parking, more homes and a better environment
AB 2097… is essential to supporting transit and bicycle ridership and enhancing our quality of life, as well as meeting our Sustainability / Climate Action Plan, vehicle miles traveled-reduction, and housing goals.