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New York Times: Los Angeles Fires, Sonoma Tubbs Fire, and How to Rebuild after Tragedy

How Will L.A. Rebuild? The Recovery From the Wine Country Fire Offers Clues. The Tubbs fire in 2017 wiped out more than 5,000 structures in a Northern California county. Homeowners faced challenges, but hundreds were able to rebuild within two years. Source: New York Times By Heather Knight and Conor […]

AVi at Olde Town wins NAHRO 2024 Agency Awards

Source: NAHRO   AVi at Olde Town is a 100-unit, transit-oriented, service-enriched, urban infill project serving households earning 30-70% AMI with 30 units reserved for emancipated foster youth and 10 units reserved for unhoused veterans. Nominated for Excellence in Affordable Housing - AVi at Olde Town The youth and […]

Laurel at Perennial Park is a NAHB Best of 55+ Housing Award Winner

VMWP is pleased to announce that Laurel at Perennial Park has been honored by the Association of Home Builders with the NAHB Silver Award for Best 55+ Apartment or Independent Living Community! Congratulations to the Laurel at Perennial Park development team: Related California, Burbank Housing Development, Nibbi […]

San Francisco officials tout Tenderloin project as city struggles to build more housing

Public, private partnership opens 70-unit project in hard-hit district Source: CoStar; Author: Rachel Scheier All 70 units at 180 Jones in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood will be permanent affordable homes for low-income residents, with half providing subsidized housing and support services for formerly homeless adults. Residents have begun […]

Affordable Housing Inaugurated at 180 Jones Street, Tenderloin, San Francisco

Source: SF YIMBY 180 Jones Street via Van Meter Williams Pollack A new 100% affordable housing project is now available for occupancy at 180 Jones Street in Tenderloin, San Francisco. The project proposal included the development of a new nine-story affordable housing complex. The City and Mayor London […]

Brett Jacques at Housing Colorado’s affordable housing design charrette for Grand Junction Housing Authority

At the end of September, Brett Jacques participated in Housing Colorado's affordable housing design charrette for Grand Junction Housing Authority. The charette was a part of the Urban Housing class taught by Jennifer Steffel Johnson at CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning. Brett participates voluntarily […]

Updated Plans Filed For Moonlite Center Redevelopment, Santa Clara

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson Moonlite Center condominiums street view, rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack The formal application has been filed with a minor plan increase for 2610 El Camino Real in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. The update now aims to replace the existing Moonlite Center strip mall […]

Marin history: Vivalon celebrates 70 years

Source: Marin Independent Journal Vivalon represents how one observation can flourish with committed staff and volunteers for a remarkable long-term impact. In the mid-1950s, Manny Charnow, a retired Realtor, pondered the problems of growing old in Marin. Charnow witnessed many older people visiting stores on Fourth […]

AIASF BAYA Firm Tour: Van Meter Williams Pollack

Please join us to tour VMWP San Francisco' s architectural and urban design firm Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is an award-winning Architecture and Urban Design firm based in San Francisco, Denver, and Minneapolis. VMWP specializes in affordable housing, mixed-use and market-rate housing, master planning, land […]

VMWP at Housing Colorado 2024

Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is proud to be an annual supporting sponsor, volunteer, and charrette leader of the 2024 Housing Colorado Conference in Keystone, Colorado, October 9-11, 2024. VMWP supports Housing Colorado an industry resource for all aspects of affordable housing, including professional advocacy, issue expertise, and […]

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