Housing Trust’s Accessory Dwelling Unit program, Small Homes, Big Impact, is proud to take part in Affordable Housing Month and aims to get Bay Area homeowners up to speed on new resources and developments pertaining to the construction of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). For instance, as of January 1, 2020, the State of California unveiled…
Updates
New Housing Trust ADU page, An ADU Webinar, and New Legislation Could Make Building Your Accessory Dwelling Unit Easier
May 13, 2020
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.
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ADU Program Shows Off “Micro Unit” at Fall Event
October 31, 2018
Our ADU Program continued this fall and partnered with SCCAOR® to use a 155 s.f. “micro unit” as a centerpiece for back-to-back events. The ADU was built by prefabADU, a Fairfield-based company specializing prefabricated homes that can be placed on any legal foundation – but placed on wooden blocks in the SCCAOR® parking lot for the demo. The first…
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Small Homes, Big Impact Gets Boost from SVCF
August 30, 2018
Housing Trust’s ADU program got a big boost over the summer thanks to a grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The operating grant will help further our work in the program, which launched in early 2018 to help educate and provide funding for homebuyers willing to build an ADU on their property. According to a…