✨ Join us for Affordable Housing Month 2024! ✨

 

Events

We would like to invite you to our annual celebration of Affordable Housing Month, beginning this week! HLC is excited to host 13 amazing events! We look forward to celebrating with you all this May.

Upcoming Events

Community Process: Beyond Checking the Box
May 3

This panel highlights effective strategies like storytelling and inclusive design charrettes to engage communities in architecture and development, fostering stronger designs and connections.

 

Empowering Communities in Housing Governance
May 6

Embark on a transformative journey into local housing policy change that explores an innovative model that facilitates community and government collaboration and develops trusting, effective partnerships for creating and implementing equitable housing policies.

 

Tenant Protections in Rural Communities
May 8

This presentation will provide an audience with the common struggles of low-income tenants, including farmworkers, in rural areas and the necessity for stronger tenants’ rights protection in unincorporated areas of San Mate County.

 

 

Implementing Displacement Housing Preferences via Digital Applications
May 9

This session will explore the implementation of housing preferences in Berkeley through the Doorway Housing Portal, facilitating seamless digital applications and better outreach to eligible families, with speakers from the City of Berkeley, Healthy Black Families, and Resources for Community Development.

Menlo Park Housing Resource Fair
May 11

The City of Menlo Park will sponsor a resource fair on Saturday, May 11! The fair would include affordable housing providers, including our partner organizations like MidPen and HIP Housing, Project Sentinel, Samaritan House, LifeMoves, Legal Aid, and more!

 

Housing is Environmental Justice
May 13

This session will highlight current efforts to ensure multiple mobility options for affordable housing residents through alternative approaches that do not require the construction of additional bundled parking spaces dedicated to specific units.

Registrations are now open for most of the events throughout the month!

One Day Left for Early Bird Bus Tour Tickets!

Only one more day to get your tickets to our Annual Affordable Housing Month Tour at a discounted rate! This year, we will explore four housing developments, including Alta Housing’s Fair Oaks Commons in Redwood City and Eden Housing’s Nugent Square in East Palo Alto! We will end the tour with the grand opening and lunch at MidPenn’s Gateway Rising! Seats will be limited, so make sure to get your tickets using the button below.

Affordable Housing Month Art Contest

Only two more weeks until the AHM Art Contest deadline! Make sure to submit your artwork by May 15th to be eligible to win a $300 cash prize and more!

Sponsor Affordable Housing Month 

Click the button below to learn more about sponsorship benefits, or download our Sponsorship Interest Form today and join us in creating positive change in our community!
 
 

📋Housing Elements Review📋

 

Last Tuesday, April 23, San Mateo County’s Board of Supervisors voted to submit a new draft of its housing element to HCD. More than any other jurisdiction in the region, the County itself made substantial updates to its housing element in response to community input between the release of its first and second drafts.

County’s plans from the January 2023 housing element draft for rezoning in unincorporated Colma to 60-87 du/ac.

 County’s updated April 2024 housing element plans to rezone a larger area of unincorporated Colma to 100 du/ac, expanded at the request of Supervisor David Canepa. 

 

Housing and the Coastal Zone

HLC’s very own policy manager, Jeremy Levine, recently spoke to volunteer group Pacifica Housing for All about housing in the coastal zone. Watch Jeremy’s presentation at the link below or check out his slideshow HERE.

 

Opportunities

HLC is looking for an Organizing Intern! 

HLC is hiring again! We are looking for an Organizing Intern to join our team this summer. If you're dedicated, organized, and eager to make a difference in affordable housing advocacy, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. Check out the full job description below and apply now to kickstart your journey of making a positive impact! 

A Letter of Support for Senior Farmworker Housing at 555 Kelly

Check out this compelling letter of support for senior farmworker housing at 555 Kelly! This article highlights the dedication and resilience of Coastside farmworkers during the COVID-19 crisis. 

EBHO Affordable Housing Month Kickoff Event

East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) is starting off Affordable Housing Month with a bang at their Kickoff Celebration this Wednesday, May 1st from 5:30 – 7:30 PM!

 

Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County
2905 S El Camino Real  | San Mateo, California 94403
650-242-1764 | info@hlcsmc.org

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