Edwina Benner Plaza has 66 homes – and we’d like you to meet a family from one of them: Phillip and Marjorie, who have spent more than thirty years living in the Bay Area.
Updates
TECH Fund at Work: FCH Receives $6.7M Loan for Sunnyvale Homes
June 27, 2019
First Community Housing, which was just recognized as an Outstanding Developer by the U.S. Green Building Council for its ongoing efforts to create buildings with sustainability in mind, received a $6.7 million…
Updates
Edwina Benner Plaza Becomes a Home in Sunnyvale
June 13, 2019
During Affordable Housing Week we celebrated the grand opening of Edwina Benner Plaza with MidPen Housing and their partners. The development got its name after California’s first female mayor, Edwina Benner, who served as mayor of Sunnyvale from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1937 to 1938.
Just Funded, Updates
In Alameda County: 72 Affordable Homes for Castro Valley
May 17, 2019
Housing Trust has made a $4.6 million loan to Eden Housing for Ruby Street Apartments. As our 8th loan in Alameda County in the last six years, this Castro Valley loan continues Housing Trust’s regional expansion and brings the total number of affordable homes Housing Trust has helped finance there past 500.
Press Releases, Updates
Housing Trust Receives $120,000 Wells Fargo Grant to Boost the Production of ‘Granny Units,’ Increase the Supply of Affordable Housing in Bay Area
May 4, 2019
Housing Trust Silicon Valley, a nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI) focused on affordable housing in the greater Bay Area, is pleased to announce it received a $120,000 Wells Fargo grant to help the Small Homes, Big Impact (SHBI) program build its reach and capacity.
Updates
Investor Briefing 2019: Great Event, Greater Speakers
April 27, 2019
We cannot thank you enough for making Investor Briefing 2019 our most successful one yet. Because you helped us spread the word on social media, signed up to attend or both, we had a record number of sponsors – including champion sponsors Google and Silicon Valley Bank – and over 600 people at the event.
Updates
NetApp Joins TECH Fund Campaign with $10M Investment – And Quickly Helps 130 Home Project
April 27, 2019
The sun hadn’t even risen on March 29th – the day of Housing Trust Silicon Valley’s Investor Briefing – when news of NetApp making a $10 million investment in TECH Fund hit the airwaves.
Press Releases, Updates
NetApp Invests $10 Million in Housing Trust’s TECH Fund
March 29, 2019
Housing Trust Silicon Valley, a nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI) focused on affordable housing in the greater Bay Area, is announcing a significant new investment in its TECH Fund, which was created to enable philanthropists and Bay Area employers to be a part of the affordable housing solution.
Updates
Don’t Miss an Exciting TECH Fund Announcement at Investor Briefing!
March 25, 2019
Investor Briefing is this Friday and we’re thrilled to use the stage at the Santa Clara Convention Center to make a special announcement: a new corporate partner has stepped forward to invest in TECH Fund – Housing Trust’s affordable housing investment vehicle.
Updates
Housing Champion Awardee: Katie Ferrick of LinkedIn!
March 13, 2019
Housing Trust is excited to announce the recipient of this year’s Housing Champion Award – Katie Ferrick, the Senior Director of Community Affairs, Sustainability and Workplace Programs at LinkedIn.