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Mill Valley approves affordable housing project

Source: Marin Independent Journal; Author: Krissy Waite Mill Valley has approved an 100% affordable housing development for the first time in three decades. The City Council unanimously approved four resolutions on Monday aimed at pushing the project — called Bayfront Terraces — past the finish line. The […]

Year in Review: Weathering changes, Mountain View pushes ahead with housing growth, school agreements and novel technologies

Source: Mountain View Voice; Author: Emily Margaretten Weathering big changes, the city of Mountain View eventually took a shine to 2023. The year started with an onslaught of unexpected challenges, from extreme weather conditions to a housing plan that was not on track to win state approval. But going back to […]

San Rafael updates fees to support affordable housing

Source: Marin Independent Journal; Author: Adrian Rodriguez Scaffolding covers 3301 Kerner Blvd., which is being converted from an office building to apartments, in San Rafael, Calif., on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.   San Rafael has become the latest Marin city to update the fees it charges developers to […]

Santa Clara County commits $31M to support affordable housing projects in Palo Alto and Mountain View

More than 300 multifamily rental units will help ease housing crisis in two cities Source: Palo Alto Online; Author: Emily Margaretten A rendering of the proposed affordable housing development on Terra Bella Avenue in Mountain View. Rendering courtesy Alta Housing.   Taking steps to address the region’s housing crisis, […]

Demolition Starts For Casa Roseland, Santa Rosa

Source: SFYimby; Author: Andrew Nelson Casa Roseland Family Apartments aerial view, rendering by VMWP Architects   Demolition has started for a new affordable housing complex at 665 and 883 Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County. The development, named Casa Roseland, will bring 75 new units along a retail thoroughfare […]

Workforce Housing Proposed At 625 Randolph Street In Napa

Source: SF YIMBY Church in Napa , Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. The project is a partnerships between Napa First United Methodist Church, Burbank Housing and Napa Valley Community Housing. (Beth Schlanker / The Press Democrat)   A new residential project has been proposed for development at 625 Randolph […]

Mountain View picks developer to turn safe parking site into dense affordable housing

Source: Mountain View Voice; Author: Emily Margaretten City Council chooses new developer for the site, which could be up to 12 stories tall A rendering of the affordable housing project proposed by Affirmed Housing at 87 E. Evelyn Avenue in Mountain View. Courtesy city of Mountain View. The […]

Healdsburg inks affordable housing deal

Source: Northern California Public Media; Author: Marc Albert Conceptual rendering of plans for 155 Dry Creek Rd.   After a generation in limbo, some affordable housing may be on the way to Healdsburg. The four-story, L-shaped modernist apartment block would rise on a vacant lot between the 101 freeway […]

Former East Colfax strip club property becoming affordable housing

Source: Westword ; Conor McCormick-Cavanagh [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1320"] A lot that once housed a strip joint will soon become affordable housing. Courtesy of Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP.[/caption] The development of a former strip club at 8315 East Colfax Avenue lays bare the changes in this […]

Tenants will be moving into Mountain View’s new affordable housing project this week

Luna Vista's 70 apartments on El Camino Real includes 15 units for adults with developmental disabilities Source: Mountain View Voice , Kevin Forestieri The Luna Vista apartments on El Camino Real in Mountain View. Photo by Magali Gautheir.   Wet paint, heavy equipment and exposed wiring still fill the […]

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