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We seek to create systems-level change at multiple levels of government to support affordable housing production and transform the housing sector to be more effective, sustainable, and equitable.

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June 27, 2024
CalMatters

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
June 26, 2024
Bisnow

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.
June 11, 2024
San Mateo County

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.”
September 26, 2022
SF Chronicle

After 20 years of stops and starts, teacher housing breaks ground in San Francisco

San Francisco’s first affordable housing project for teachers recently broke ground in the Outer Sunset — after more than 20 years of stops and starts.
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