“You can live a dignified life”: James’ Story

James, an avid reader and baseball fan, lives at Shores Landing, a MidPen community. In this video, he reflects on how permanent supportive housing has brought him stability and a renewed sense of hope.

Affordable housing development to lower income thresholds in San Mateo

“I’m thrilled to see this come forward. I think it’s a win all the way around,” Councilmember Amourence Lee said. “Residents in our community get to stay in our community with zero displacement, we get deeper affordability levels — which is what we desperately need in the city — and I think that retaining the land underneath is paramount in terms of our long-term strategy as a city to hold our assets.”

Sunnyvale buys land to build affordable housing

As part of a $29.5 million roundup of affordable housing expenditures, the Sunnyvale City Council unanimously approved spending $12.5 million to buy a lot at 1171 Sonora Court, to help developers MidPen Housing build 170 affordable apartments. It will be the sixth 100% affordable housing development in Sunnyvale where the city government owns the land. City officials and advocates said government land ownership helps keep the property affordable over the long term.

Affordable housing in Sunnyvale gets $30 million boost

MidPen Housing, a Foster City-based nonprofit that builds affordable housing in northern California, was awarded $14 million to fund 170 affordable units at 1171 Sonora Court, which is near the Lawrence Caltrain Station.