Yesterday, the same day our Homeownership Team had their first Empower Homebuyers SCC webinar, Sonya Singha, a member of our ADU team, took part in an online panel discussion of financing an ADU. Both are just a warm-up for the growing list of coming events in May as SV@Home opens Affordable Housing Month. The theme…
Updates
SVLG Regional Economic Forum on May 1
April 24, 2020
Next Friday, May 1, our friends at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group are hosting Regional Economic Forum: In the COVID-19 Era. It’s the first time as a virtual event and our own Kevin Zwick will be on the Housing and Homelessness panel and our Chief Lending Officer Fathia Macauley will be on the virtual stage…
Updates
A Smile for Eden Housing and Volunteering
April 24, 2020
When COVID-19 is behind us we will all commit to things that were postponed in the wake of the Shelter in Place. For many of us it is a long list – and for our organization we will happily present Linda Mandolini, President of Eden Housing, with the Housing Champion Award. We have been checking…
Updates
Homeownership at Work: First Empower Webinar Takes Shape
April 24, 2020
Since the Shelter in Place order began, the Homeownership team closed two loans for Empower Homebuyers SCC – the Measure A funded down payment assistance program created by the County of Santa Clara and administered by us. One of the loans went to a Cupertino teacher named Dmitry and the other for Katie and Carlos’…
Newly Funded, Updates
More Multifamily Lending – and More to Come
April 24, 2020
Today we are happy to report continued strides in our lending thanks to funding from a host of wonderful supporters – including our TECH Fund investors, Supportive Housing Fund partner County of Santa Clara, all of our banking and philanthropic partners, and the County of Santa Clara’s Measure A. Our Multifamily Lending Team has…
Updates
52 Proposals: An Apple Affordable Housing Fund Update
April 16, 2020
To our Valued Partners, We want to thank you all for your continued commitment to affordable housing. A special thanks to those who submitted an RFP for the Apple Affordable Housing Fund; we know that a lot of hard work and thoughtfulness went into each proposal. We are pleased to announce we have received 52 proposals…
Success Stories, Updates
Empowered by Home: Dmitry’s Story
April 9, 2020
Dmitry, a teacher for the visually impaired, has worked for the Cupertino Union School District for the last four years. He loves the community he serves and could not imagine working anywhere else. Last fall, Dmitry first discussed his dream to own a home with his parents and they suggested he look into local down…
Updates
Still Empowering: A Message from our Homeownership Team
April 4, 2020
We hope you are staying healthy and safe. As you may know, Housing Trust is working remotely and all of our programs are still operational – and this includes our work helping first-time homebuyers. Purchasing a home is complicated work and our team is here to help you. The first step is to complete our Homeownership Assistance Online…
Updates
Supporting Essential Work: A Message from Multifamily
April 3, 2020
Dear Valued Partner, The creation of affordable housing was essential before this pandemic, and it is essential now even with California’s Shelter in Place order. We want to assure our partners that there is no change to our commitment to continue to lend the flexible and unique capital provided by Housing Trust. As we all know,…
Updates
Apple Affordable Housing Fund: Application Update
March 31, 2020
Thank you for your interest in applying to the Apple Affordable Housing Fund RFP. As you are aware, we extended the deadline to submit an RFP to April 9. We have recently become aware of a document upload limitation issue with the online form software and want to ensure that your experience in applying to this opportunity…