One of the residents of First Community Housing‘s recently opened Second Street Studios is Ralph, an army veteran who grew up in Colorado but moved to California to be closer…
![Ralph, a formerly homeless army veteran, with his dog Babygirl at their favorite spot at Second Street Studios](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Ralph-and-Babygirl-at-Second-Street-Studios-6.27.19-350x350.jpg)
![At the Wheelie Home: Affordable Housing Bike Ride on May 11th led by Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Executive Director and Housing Trust board member Shiloh Ballard.](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/second-street-4-350x350.jpg)
Updates
Second Street Studios Makes First Impression
June 28, 2019![At the Wheelie Home: Affordable Housing Bike Ride on May 11th led by Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Executive Director and Housing Trust board member Shiloh Ballard.](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/second-street-4-scaled.jpg)
In March 2017 Housing Trust was proud to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for Second Street Studios – San Jose’s first 100% permanent supportive housing development.
![Phillip and Marjorie - with their dog Sasha - at home at Edwina Benner Plaza in Sunnyvale](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Phillip-and-Marjorie-350x350.jpg)
Success Stories, Updates
Meet Phillip and Marjorie
June 28, 2019![Phillip and Marjorie - with their dog Sasha - at home at Edwina Benner Plaza in Sunnyvale](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Phillip-and-Marjorie-scaled.jpg)
Edwina Benner Plaza has 66 homes – and we’d like you to meet a family from one of them: Phillip and Marjorie, who have spent more than thirty years living in the Bay Area.
![Orchard Gardens Rendering](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Orchard-materials-elev01-350x350.png)
Updates
TECH Fund at Work: FCH Receives $6.7M Loan for Sunnyvale Homes
June 27, 2019![Orchard Gardens Rendering](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Orchard-materials-elev01.png)
First Community Housing, which was just recognized as an Outstanding Developer by the U.S. Green Building Council for its ongoing efforts to create buildings with sustainability in mind, received a $6.7 million…
![Edwina Benner Plaza in Sunnyvale](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Edwina-Benner-outside-pic-350x350.jpg)
Updates
Edwina Benner Plaza Becomes a Home in Sunnyvale
June 13, 2019![Edwina Benner Plaza in Sunnyvale](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Edwina-Benner-outside-pic-scaled.jpg)
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.
![Ruby Street Apartments rendering](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Ruby-St-Rendering-350x350.jpg)
Newly Funded, Updates
In Alameda County: 72 Affordable Homes for Castro Valley
May 17, 2019![Ruby Street Apartments rendering](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Ruby-St-Rendering.jpg)
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.
![Groundbreaking at North San Pedro Apartments](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/North-San-Pedro-Square-Groundbreaking-I-4.2019-350x350.jpg)
Newly Funded
North San Pedro Apartments Breaks Ground
April 27, 2019![Groundbreaking at North San Pedro Apartments](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/North-San-Pedro-Square-Groundbreaking-I-4.2019-scaled.jpg)
A short walk from our office in downtown San Jose is North San Pedro Apartments, which had a groundbreaking celebration this past Friday.
![Matt Fawcett, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of NetApp](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/5417.IB19-Matt-Fawcett-at-podium-350x350.jpg)
Updates
NetApp Joins TECH Fund Campaign with $10M Investment – And Quickly Helps 130 Home Project
April 27, 2019![Matt Fawcett, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of NetApp](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/5417.IB19-Matt-Fawcett-at-podium-scaled.jpg)
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.
![Markham Plaza](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Markham-Plaza-pic-350x342.jpg)
Newly Funded
350 Affordable Homes Preserved in San Jose
April 12, 2019![Markham Plaza](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Markham-Plaza-pic.jpg)
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…
![Site of Auzerais project in San Jose](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Auzerais-pic-350x350.jpg)
Newly Funded
TECH Fund Goes to Work With Loan for 130 Home Transit-Oriented Project in Downtown San Jose
April 12, 2019![Site of Auzerais project in San Jose](https://housingtrustsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Auzerais-pic.jpg)
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.