Some big news just happened internally: Housing Trust, which has been growing quite a bit in recent years – we only had a staff of three about twelve years ago – just hired our very first Human Resources Director! Please meet Lupita Medina, who has years of experience and leadership in building HR infrastructure, strategic…
Updates
Come Work With Us – We’re Hiring!
August 10, 2021
At Housing Trust Silicon Valley, we believe our employees are the greatest asset in supporting our quest to create affordable housing opportunities. Join us! We offer competitive salaries, generous vacation and sick time, paid year end shutdown and short workdays on Summer Fun Fridays – in addition to medical and retirement benefits. If a career at…
Success Stories, Updates
Housing Trust Awarded $1.8 million from U.S. Treasury for COVID-19 Relief
June 15, 2021
Today Housing Trust Silicon Valley is proud to announce we are among 863 community development financial institutions (CDFIs) in the U.S. to be awarded funds from the Treasury’s CDFI Rapid Response Program. Our organization secured $1.8 million, which will enable Housing Trust to continue to support affordable housing developments in the greater Bay Area as…
Updates
For All Neighbors: A Short Update on Empower Homebuyers SCC
June 7, 2021
Since Housing Trust started diversity, equity and inclusion work a few years ago, we’ve been trying to do more outward facing efforts for the communities we serve, such as creating fliers in multiple languages for our homeownership/down payment assistance programs, Empower Homebuyers SCC and H.E.L.P. We are proud to take another small step in our…
Updates
Save the Dates: Investor Briefing 2021 and More Coming to Affordable Housing Month
April 13, 2021
Our annual Investor Briefing is back for 2021 and is taking place May 20 from 10:00am to 11:00am. You can register for Investor Briefing here. This is the moment to review recent accomplishments in our work helping everyone from those experiencing homelessness to renters to first-time homebuyers, and we hope you can join our Chief…
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Housing Trust Holds First Spanish-Language Empower Homebuyers SCC Webinar
April 9, 2021
On April 6, our homeownership team held its first Spanish-language webinar on Empower Homebuyers SCC – the downpayment assistance program created by the County of Santa Clara that we administer. Co-hosted by the City of Gilroy the event had over 80 attendees and was covered by Telemundo 48. Since Empower Homebuyers SCC was first launched,…
Press Releases, Success Stories, Updates
Affordable Housing Partnership Announces First Three Developments to Build New Homes in Sonoma County
March 25, 2021
The Sonoma County Housing Fund – a collaborative effort between the Santa Rosa Metro Chamber and nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI) Housing Trust Silicon Valley – is proud to announce the first three loans for critically needed affordable homes. The three separate developments – Siesta Senior Apartments in Sonoma, Stony Point Flats and Acme…
Press Releases, Updates
Google, Housing Trust Silicon Valley Initiative Investing Nearly $30 Million for Bay Area Affordable Homes
March 4, 2021
Effort to Aid Short Term and Long-Term Economic Recovery in Region Google and Housing Trust Silicon Valley, a nonprofit community loan fund that works to create a strong affordable housing market in the greater Bay Area, are announcing though their Launch Initiative new loans of approximately $30 million for three Bay Area affordable housing developments…
Updates
Housing Trust’s Own Fathia Macauley Among New NPH Board Members
December 22, 2020
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California – which recently published The Road Ahead: A 21st Century Housing Strategy for the San Francisco Bay Area – capped off a busy year by holding a virtual Holiday Member party last week. During the event, Fathia Macauley, Housing Trust’s own Chief Lending Officer, was among the newly named board members…
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The Certainty of Home in 2021
December 22, 2020
The disruptive effect of the pandemic has been widely felt, but it hasn’t been evenly felt. Those among us who are living with the disappointment of not being able to travel to visit family this holiday season know we can wait to travel when things are safer. But the pain COVID has brought goes far beyond…