|  | | | | This session is part of a series of events during Affordable Housing Month. Check out more events below: |
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| | | ✧Accepting Sponsorships until the end of May!✧ We are less than $1,000.00 away from our fundraising goal. You give us the political power and vision to create affordable homes. Sponsor HLC for a more equitable, diverse San Mateo County! Sponsorship benefits can be found here. |
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| |  Endorsement Committee: ✧Belmont and East Palo Alto✧ HLC has TWO upcoming Endorsement Committee meetings for our members to take part in! ✧Belmont✧ |
| HLC will hold an Endorsement Committee meeting on Monday, May 9th, from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm for our City of Belmont members! All are welcome to attend, but only dues paying members may vote. We’ll hear from the ROEM Corporation team about their 803 Belmont Avenue proposal located on the vacant Bel Mateo Motel site! It’ll include 125 homes - 1 set aside for an on-site manager with the remaining 124 set to be affordable for your low-income community members. |
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| | On Monday, May 16th, from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm, we’ll be holding an Endorsement Committee meeting for our City of East Palo Alto members! All are welcome to attend, but only dues paying members may vote. Folks from Sand Hill Property Corporation will give a presentation on their Woodland Park - Euclid Improvements proposal located in EPA! Their proposal includes 89 affordable homes. If you’d like to sign up, please visit our registration page |
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| |  Housing Elements Review We’ve got more housing elements coming down the pipeline. Colma released their draft housing element last Thursday, 4/28. We expected a few other drafts to come out last week, but we haven’t heard anything else yet. Fortunately, we have plenty to keep us busy: The public comment period for the City of San Mateo’s draft housing element will end on May 6–that’s this Friday. In other news, the organization Californians for Homeownership (CA4Homes) has filed lawsuits against six So-Cal cities for their noncompliant housing elements. CA4Homes, which is associated with the California Association of Realtors, claims “The litigation aims to enforce the requirements of California’s RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) and housing element law.” Five of the lawsuits were filed against Bradbury, La Habra Heights, Laguna Hills, South Pasadena, and Vernon because those cities have not adopted new housing elements by the state-mandated deadline. In Southern California, cities were required to submit their draft housing elements by October 15, 2021. Housing element timelines are staggered throughout the state, so cities in San Mateo County are required to adopt legally compliant housing elements by the end of January of 2023. One city, Manhattan Beach, was sued because its draft housing element does not adequately plan for affordable homes. Specifically, the city uses non-vacant sites with high-intensity uses that are unlikely to be redeveloped for new housing between 2023 and 2031 without stronger programs and policy changes. Opportunities to support affordable housing across San Mateo County: |
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| |  Opportunities ✧Housing Elements Bike Tour: Menlo Park✧ |
| TOMORROW - HLC and our partners at Menlo Together, Peninsula for Everyone, and YIMBY Action will be hosting a Housing Elements site tour on Saturday, May 7th, from 11:30 am - 1:20 pm! This will be an in-person bike tour, with scheduled stops throughout the City of Menlo Park for those who want to drive. If you have any questions, please direct them to kchan@hlcsmc.org, otherwise please click here to register! |
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| | ✧Roots in Housing: The Bay Area Climate Conversation✧ Please join us, together with Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Leadership Council, and Yimby Action, to continue Affordable Housing Month 2022 with an essential conversation about the intersection between building affordable housing and addressing our worldwide climate crisis. |
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| | | 🏠Housing Available🏠 ✧Workforce Rental Apartments - Foster City✧ |
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| There are a total of 22 apartments in the three-story apartment community. Fourteen apartments are below-market rate units for very low-, low- and moderate-income households. Applications due Friday, May 20 at 6pm. |
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| California Housing Accelerator Midpen Housing just released a new video about the importance of California’s Housing Accelerator! Learn why these investments work, how additional investments are vital to confronting the state's housing and homelessness crisis, and what we can do to help create more housing for those who need it most. Check it out by clicking here or the image below. |
|  | ✧Grand Openings are Back! Let’s Celebrate!✧ |
|  | Good copy is inspiring. Click the pencil icon to edit this copy and replace it with content that speaks to the supporter in a personal, emotional, and actionable way. Make it clear that their support is mission-critical. |
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| | San Mateo County Housing Needs Report 2022 releases next week!  Every year, we partner with California Housing Partnership to help you stay more informed about the housing needs in our local community. Keep an eye out for the report through our emails and social media channels 🙂 |
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| 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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