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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 […]

El Cerrito proves that carrots, not sticks, create lasting housing solutions

Source: League of California Cities El Cerrito has been a bastion of housing development for decades. The mayor of this bedroom community of 25,000 still remembers when she first encountered the city’s then-unusual stance on housing. Lisa Motoyama approached the city council in 2005 about a […]

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, […]

Santa Clara County approves six affordable housing projects with some of the last of Measure A funds including VMWP’s Terra Bella and Kooser

Measure A money has now funded 4,749 affordable homes By GRACE HASE | ghase@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: December 5, 2023 at 5:40 p.m. | UPDATED: December 6, 2023 at 1:58 p.m. Santa Clara County is adding 716 new affordable homes to its housing stock, largely using Measure A money, leaving the […]

Unanimous endorsement for affordable housing at 1 Hamilton in Mill Valley

Mill Valley commission advances Hamilton Drive housing City-owned property at 1 Hamilton Drive in Mill Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) By KRISSY WAITE | kwaite@marinij.com The Mill Valley Planning Commission has endorsed a controversial affordable housing development at 1 Hamilton Drive. The commission’s unanimous vote on […]

New residents move into Crossing Pointe South

Happy tears for Michelle Garcia, Adams County Resident, who is moving into Crossing Pointe South in Thornton, Colorado.   https://youtu.be/OEPbnm7ODMU?feature=shared Posing for pics in a new apartment. And this family has so many reasons to smile. “It's a really, it's a blessing.” A blessing, thanks to some help […]

The Tubbs Fire leveled parts of this Bay Area city; it’s been rebuilt with more housing density

Source: San Francisco Chronicle Author: J.K. Dineen [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200"] LEFT: The dining area at Laurel at Perennial Park in Santa Rosa. RIGHT: Lights inside a dining area at Laurel at Perennial Park. Photos by Yalonda James/The Chronicle[/caption] Laurel at Perennial Park is a new housing development […]

Community Feature: Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo

COMMUNITY FEATURE: Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County (HLC) works to preserve and expand the range and supply of adequate, accessible, and affordable housing for residents and workers of San Mateo County. They organize to ensure everyone who works, lives, or grows in San […]

Celebrating the Grand Opening of Crossing Pointe South

Today we celebrate the Grand Opening of Maiker Housing's Crossing Pointe South, a new affordable family housing community, in Thornton, Colorado. Congratulations to the VMWP Team: Brett Jacques, Jeos Oreamuno, to owners Maiker Housing Partners, Peter LiFari, Steven Kunshier, JHL Constructors, Jason Bergey, Douglas Dreier, Enterprise […]

VMWP is proud to be a sponsor of the 2023 Housing Colorado Conference

Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is proud to be an annual supporting sponsor of the 2023 Housing Colorado Conference. VMWP supports Housing Colorado and shares their mission: "Housing Colorado is to be a unified voice promoting the preservation and production of quality affordable housing for low and moderate income Coloradans through […]

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