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Barriers to Weatherizing California
This study examines various approaches undertaken by the California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) to make energy efficiency improvements to low income rental multifamily dwellings (MFDs).
Juniper Gardens: Wakeland Housing Uses New CalHFA Program to Preserve 40 Affordable Homes in San Diego
San Diego-based Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation purchased Juniper Gardens, a 40-apartment Section 8 community in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, in March 2012 with the [...]
Sunny Meadows: MidPen Housing Preserves 200 Affordable Homes in Santa Cruz County
On August 16, MidPen Housing Corporation celebrated the renovation of Sunny Meadows, a 200-unit, two-story, garden-style affordable apartment complex in the city of Watsonville. With 22 buildings spanning [...]
Preservation through Stewardship: The Story of EAH Housing and Shelter Hill in Mill Valley, CA
In 1975, EAH Housing and Interfaith Housing Foundation (IHF) joined forces to build Shelter Hill, a 75‐unit family development made possible by the city of Mill Valley’s new inclusionary [...]
Richardson Apartments: San Francisco’s Bittersweet Goodbye to Redevelopment
The February 8th Grand Opening of Drs. Julian and Raye Richardson Apartments in San Francisco’s Civic Center/Hayes Valley neighborhood was a moving event on many levels. The beautifully designed, mixed-use, energy efficient five-story building sits [...]
Local Preservation Strategies
1. Analyze inventory Staff can review the inventory of federally assisted units by utilizing the Risk Assessment report published by the California Housing Partnership Corporation (CHPC). Projects designated [...]
California Notice Provisions for At-Risk Properties: An Update for 2012
As of November 2011, California has more than 438,000 apartments serving low income households earning less than 80% of area median income: 116,099 are subsidized and regulated by [...]
Erna P. Harris Court: Supportive Housing for Formerly Homeless in Berkeley “Goes Green”
In 1991, Berkeley-based Resources for Community Development (RCD) first began working on Erna P. Harris Court in Berkeley to transform the 1950’s-era motel into 35 units of affordable, [...]
Mercy’s Boulevard Court Apartments: Transformation from Roadside Motel to Supportive Housing for the Homeless
On October 6, Mercy Housing California and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) celebrated the grand re-opening of the Boulevard Court Apartments in Sacramento. This partnership succeeded [...]
Turk & Eddy: Preserving HUD-Assisted Homes and Creating Jobs with the Help of Federal Stimulus and Redevelopment Funds
The Turk and Eddy apartment buildings are two separate mid-rise buildings built in 1923 and 1925 in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, providing 82 affordable studio and one-bedroom apartments [...]
“Preserving” Market Rate Properties to Reduce Homelessness: The Courtyards in Long Beach
In 2008, Clifford Beers Housing purchased The Courtyards in Long Beach and saw a tremendous opportunity to rehabilitate and preserve the four 1920’s-era, single-story, courtyard-style apartment buildings. The [...]
Preservation of PHD Apartments In Los Angeles Demonstrates Impact of Federal Stimulus and State Preservation Notice Law
In August 2007, Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) partnered with the Korean Youth and Community Center (KYCC) to acquire the Professional Housing and Development (PHD) apartments in Los [...]
Parc Grove Commons: Neighborhood Revitalization in Fresno Made Possible through $5.7 million in Federal Stimulus Funds
In April 2011, the Housing Authority of the City of Fresno (HACF) celebrated the grand opening of Parc Grove Commons, a 215-apartment mixed-income community made possible through $5.7 [...]
Improving California’s Multifamily Buildings: Opportunities and Recommendations for Green Retrofit and Rehab Programs
In California, the single-family home weatherization and whole-house performance sector is very active, with many programs already in place and new ones that began rolling out in the [...]
Eden Housing Perseveres in Transforming Low-Income Community in Alameda County
In May 2008, Eden Housing set out to rehabilitate Ashland Village, the 142-apartment community in unincorporated Alameda County. Despite the Section 8 contract facing expiration in one year, [...]
St. Joseph’s Senior Apartments Groundbreaking: Historic Rehabilitation through Tax Credit Financing
The groundbreaking of St. Joseph’s Senior Apartments in Oakland in May 2010 marks the start of a large development by BRIDGE Housing to create affordable senior housing while [...]
The Arbors: Green Preservation Rehab
The Arbors is a success story that shows how an experienced nonprofit housing developer working in partnership with a mission driven local nonprofit lender can overcome huge financing obstacles to [...]
Yosemite Village: HOPE VI Development Revitalizes Distressed Housing in West Fresno
This month, the Housing Authority of the City of Fresno celebrates the grand opening of Yosemite Village, the newly revitalized property providing 69 affordable units for families in [...]
New Carver Apartments Offers New Solutions for the Homeless in Los Angeles
Skid Row Housing Trust is celebrating the recent grand opening of the New Carver apartments, which will provide 97 efficiency apartments for homeless seniors and homeless men and [...]
Financing Affordable Rental Housing: A greener path ahead
Finding the money to develop rental homes affordable for low-income families has never been more difficult. The collapse of the financial markets last fall, generally attributed to systemic failures [...]
The Power of Leveraging Section 8
The U.S. population is expected to exceed 349 million by 2025, an increase of 67 million people over the year 2000. This unprecedented growth in the U.S. will [...]
