NAHRO Announces Award of Excellence Winners The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) recently awarded 18 prestigious Awards of Excellence to 14 housing and community development organizations for creating innovative programs that improve their communities. The 18 award-winning programs were selected by regional juries from […]
Source: Marin Independent Journal After years of planning, a land transfer and approvals, construction is underway on the $55.9 million senior services campus and affordable housing site in downtown San Rafael. Vivalon, formerly known as Whistlestop, is working with Eden Housing to bring 67 affordable residences for […]
It is a joyous day for the San José Citywide Design Standards and Guidelines team as the project has won the American Planning Association Northern California Chapter Award of Excellence for Urban Design. The APA California Awards Program provides an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the […]
The Academy of Art University in San Francisco (AAU) hosts a regular Ethics and Leadership panel aimed at inspiring the next generation of architects on various topics. The most recent panel was focused on what it's like to work in Affordable Housing and how that […]
5 years later, North Bay wildfire survivors hope to return home as new housing project breaks ground
By Cornell Barnard
Thursday, May 5, 2022 7:02PM Full story: ABC7 News SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- A milestone in the North Bay, where a new affordable senior housing project is taking […]
Alta Housing's Grand Opening of Luna Vista Apartments Please join Alta Housing to celebrate the Grand Opening of Luna Vista Apartments, a 71 unit affordable community near Downtown Mountain View. Welcoming remarks by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Mountain View Mayor Lucas Ramirez, and our partners. Ceremony will be on […]
Balboa Reservoir Master Plan ASLA Northern California Honor Award – GLS Landscape | Architecture, Van Meter Williams Pollack, and Pyatok
ANALYSIS & PLANNING CATEGORY Project Statement: This project creates an urban, landscape-driven master plan at the 17-acre Balboa Reservoir site. Located adjacent to the San Francisco City […]
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Alia Malik The firm planning the redevelopment of Gwinnett Place on Friday released two proposed conceptual designs of the site, a milestone after years of occasionally eccentric dreams for the nearly-abandoned mall’s future. “It’s not going to be a mall anymore,” said Rick Williams, […]
Housing Leadership Council hosts: Mythbusting Affordable Housing Costs Part 2
Van Meter Williams Pollack
Thursday, May 12
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom Meeting)
In the Bay Area, one unit of affordable housing can cost between half to three-quarters of a million dollars to build. Why does it cost […]
Allison Village in Arvada, Colorado is featured in Milender White's newsletter Allison Village is an existing 37-unit apartment community constructed in 1980, sitting on a parcel of approximately 2 acres at 5352 Allison Street, Arvada. The site is a half-mile from the Olde Town Arvada commuter […]