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.
Newly 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.
Success Stories
Edgar and Gema Find a Home in Gilroy with H.E.L.P.
April 27, 2019
A sunny afternoon through some pretty backroads brought us to the home of Edgar and Gema – and their three children – in Gilroy.
Newly Funded
North San Pedro Apartments Breaks Ground
April 27, 2019
A short walk from our office in downtown San Jose is North San Pedro Apartments, which had a groundbreaking celebration this past Friday.
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.
Newly Funded
350 Affordable Homes Preserved in San Jose
April 12, 2019
While Housing Trust is proud to share the news of affordable housing that is going to be built from the ground up we’re equally excited to engage with borrowers to preserve the affordable homes we already have. Core Companies’ Markham Plaza – a 153 home, four story rental complex just a few miles south of…
Newly Funded
TECH Fund Goes to Work With Loan for 130 Home Transit-Oriented Project in Downtown San Jose
April 12, 2019
TECH Fund – which got a boost recently from Sunnyvale-based NetApp investing $10M in the campaign – contributed to the second-largest loan in Housing Trust’s history by providing a $13.75 million acquisition loan to Eden Housing.
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.