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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]