Sometimes a well penned letter can change things forever. When Marcela and her six year old son first saw the house she would eventually purchase with help from the Empower Homebuyers SCC…
Newly Funded, Success Stories
Grove Foundation Makes New $500,000 Investment in TECH Fund
December 22, 2020
Our TECH Fund campaign celebrated a new investment from a longtime partner: The Grove Foundation, one of the earliest investors, made an additional $500,000 commitment in Housing Trust’s affordable housing…
Success Stories
Empowered by Home: Laura’s Family
November 20, 2020
Almost exactly a year after she attended an informational presentation about the County of Santa Clara’s Empower Homebuyers SCC program, Laura and her two kids moved into their new home….
Success Stories, Updates
First Apple Affordable Housing Fund Groundbreaking: At SAHA’s Veterans Square in Pittsburg
November 11, 2020
Today we were proud to take part in the groundbreaking ceremony for Veterans Square – a 30 home affordable housing development by SAHA (ICYMI the press release from this morning…
Success Stories
“Permanent Home Feeling” – an Empower Homebuyers SCC Update
September 23, 2020
Housing Trust Silicon Valley’s virtual fall event, On the House, is on Tuesday, October 6. Get your tickets here! Empower Homebuyers – the Measure A funded down payment assistance program…
Success Stories, Updates
PATH to Home: An Update on Villas on the Park
July 30, 2020
During the first week of March, several of our team walked a few blocks from our downtown San Jose office to Villas on the Park to celebrate the grand opening….
Success Stories
Guardino Affordable Housing Scholarship Welcomes Class of 2020
June 26, 2020
We’d like for you to meet Elizabeth, one of the Guardino Affordable Housing Scholarship awardees of 2020. Elizabeth’s life was marked by movement but also staying in place around Turlock,…
Success Stories
Affordable Housing and Leadership: Our Friends at Resources for Community Development
May 14, 2020
We’re inspired by all of our development partners and proud to stand with them all – and Resources for Community Development is just one example of the organizations that do…
Success Stories
Empowered by Home: Justin’s Story
May 8, 2020
An assistant principal at Branham High School and a single dad, Justin Ponzio dreamed of having a home for his kids – ages five and six – to live and…
Success Stories
Empowered by Home: Megan’s Story
May 8, 2020
Megan, a Bay Area native and a special education teacher at Union School District in San Jose, had been living in a tiny apartment in Campbell. In her third year…