Today, First Community Housing’s Leigh Avenue, which brings 64 affordable homes to San Jose, had its grand opening on its peaceful outdoor patio – not far from the muddy spot where the February 1st, 2019 groundbreaking took place. Geoffrey Morgan, CEO of First Community Housing, began the event by introducing three residents of Leigh Avenue:…
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Leigh Avenue Becomes First TECH Fund-Backed Affordable Housing to Open its Doors
November 17, 2021
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Breaking Ground with PATH in San Jose
August 23, 2021
This morning we got to see our friends from PATH and attend the groundbreaking celebration of Villas at Fourth Street in San Jose – a project that will bring 93 affordable homes for chronically homeless seniors age 55 and above. Two key collaborations brought us to today: Google, which first invested in our TECH Fund…
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Meet Kent from Leigh Avenue
August 9, 2021
Leigh Avenue, a First Community Housing development in San Jose, has been welcoming residents over the last few months. Our role in the creation of these 63 homes for seniors began with predevelopment lending made possible through our TECH Fund, and continued with a bridge loan and a liquidity line during construction. Our Finally Home…
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Google’s TECH Fund Investments Head to Work
October 30, 2019
TECH Fund is Housing Trust’s affordable housing investment vehicle created to both encourage greater Bay Area employers and philanthropic organizations to invest in affordable housing and enable developers to compete for land on the open market. As of today the investors in TECH Fund include Cisco, Google, Grove Foundation, LinkedIn, NetApp, the David and Lucile Packard…
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TECH Fund Brings $4.74 Million Loan to Affirmed Housing for 88 Affordable Homes
October 17, 2019
TECH Fund Brings $4.74 Million Loan to Affirmed Housing for 88 Affordable Homes Housing Trust has made a $4.74 million loan to Affirmed Housing for 3090 South Bascom Avenue in San Jose to create 88 affordable homes – half of which will be permanent supportive housing, in line with Santa Clara County’s Measure A priorities….
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$800K Bridge Loan to Second Street Studios
October 17, 2019
First Community Housing received a $800,000 bridge loan for Second Street Studios, a 135 home project for which Housing Trust had provided predevelopment funding. Following the groundbreaking in late 2017, Second Street Studios, the first new construction of 100% permanent supportive housing in San Jose, has had different financing needs than most area multifamily developments…
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$1.48 Million Loan to Bill Wilson Center for Transitional Housing Placement Program
October 17, 2019
Bill Wilson Center, which provides services and support for youth and families experiencing homelessness, purchased a single-family home in Santa Clara County to support the expansion of the Transitional Housing Placement Program.
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Google’s TECH Fund Investment and Supportive Housing Fund Help PATH Acquire 4th & Younger for 93 Affordable Homes
August 28, 2019
A portion of Google’s TECH Fund Investment, announced just one month ago, has already been put to work toward a one-acre parcel of land in Hyde Park in San Jose.
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Finally Home Program Helps 127 Find Home at Second Street Studios
August 27, 2019
We had the pleasure of attending the Second Street Studios grand opening on August 23rd. 134 apartments of permanent supportive housing are changing the lives of 134 families thanks to the efforts of First Community Housing and their committed partners. Of all of the remarks that were made that day the ones that arguably carried…
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Old and New Partners Join to Bring New Kitchen to Hope’s Corner
June 28, 2019
During Affordable Housing Week in May, we got to step into the new kitchen at Hope’s Corner in Mountain View. A lot of time, teamwork and love went into making a kitchen that serves hundreds of our most vulnerable neighbors each week – Google, Sobrato Family Foundation, Second Harvest Food Bank and others stepped forward in a big way….