May 30, 2024
Residents of Buena Vista Mobilehome Park in Palo Alto, CA, were in fear of being displaced and priced out of their community when park owners planned to sell to a private developer. But even when the Park was purchased to preserve it as…
May 28, 2024
Manufactured and mobilehomes are a significant source of affordable housing and homeownership for many Californians. Preserving this housing option is critical to meeting the state’s housing needs. But many mobilehomes and mobilehome parks are…
May 24, 2024
HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez joined Sacramento leaders and community members to celebrate the ribbon-cutting of new supportive affordable housing in downtown Sacramento.
Funded by more than $23 million from HCD’s Homekey program, Central…
May 23, 2024
Tulare, CA —
A “welcoming ceremony” was recently held in the City of Tulare, as residents of a 57-unit permanent supportive housing project, formerly known as Tagus Gardens, returned to their newly revitalized homes. Tagus Gardens, a Project Roomkey-funded…
May 20, 2024
Oakland, CA —
Developers recently broke ground on the much-anticipated Oakland affordable housing project known as East 12th Street. Located at the corner of East 12th and 2nd Streets near Lake Merritt, this multi-story housing development will provide 91…
May 16, 2024
Bakersfield, CA —
HCD recently joined in celebrating the grand opening of College Heights Cottages, a new supportive affordable housing complex in Bakersfield. College Heights Cottages features 28 homes for very low-income individuals and families, with half of…
May 8, 2024
San Francisco, CA —
The San Francisco community today celebrated the “topping off” of two new affordable housing developments at Sunnydale, one of four former public housing sites that comprise San Francisco’s HOPE SF Initiative—the nation’s first large-scale…
May 3, 2024
San Jose, CA —
The San Jose community recently celebrated the grand opening of Solaire Apartments, bringing new and much-needed supportive, transit-oriented, affordable housing for low-income and very low-income families, seniors, and individuals to Santa Clara…
April 30, 2024
HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez joined community leaders and residents in celebrating the grand opening of Mutual Housing on the Boulevard, a new affordable housing development in Sacramento. A project of Mutual Housing, this development provides…
April 26, 2024
Long Beach, CA —
The community of Long Beach, California, recently celebrated the grand opening of Wellspring, a new 88-unit affordable housing development with a community health and wellness center. The development was supported by $20 million in funding from…