After spending most of their lives in a neighborhood and homes that have brought them much comfort and joy, Melieni Felmaka Talakai and Germany Fomby are facing the unsettling reality: they might be losing their homes. In the Spring of 2020, Melieni, Germany and their neighbors at Palo Mobile Estates, a mobile park home in … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it even more evident that many of our systems, especially those in housing, are broken. Despite years of public discussion about the affordable housing crisis, nothing brought the dire need to build a future where everyone has a stable and affordable place to live into starker relief than COVID-19. While … Read more
The San Francisco Community Land Trust (SFCLT) recently acquired 285 Turk Street, preserving 40 units of affordable housing in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Before SFCLT’s purchase, the building was not under rent control, leaving tenants vulnerable to exploitation and displacement when the building went up for sale on the speculative market. The tenants, the majority … Read more
Affordable housing developers are always looking for inventive, new ways to make more homes for extremely low to moderate income individuals and families available. Succeeding relies not only on getting creative when searching for the right housing stock, but also on finding a willing funding partner to push the limits of traditional financing to get … Read more
Nonprofit developer MidPen Housing has been building affordable housing in the Bay Area for more than 50 years, but as the region’s housing crisis has reached new depths, the organization took a bold step to strengthen their mission to assist low-income residents. In 2020, MidPen adopted a new strategic plan that aims to set aside … Read more
There’s a housing problem brewing in the Bay Area – and not the one everyone is talking about. A growing number of local buildings containing affordable homes are many decades old. These buildings often have roofs in desperate need of repair, outdated plumbing systems, windows that need replacing, dangerous flooring or stairs, and other issues. … Read more
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