Like 46% of Palo Alto s population, I am a renter. I believe that collaborative solutions are desperately needed to help, assist and elevate what is being done for the rental community to thrive.
– This month People’s Self-Help Housing appointed a new director of Multifamily Housing Development (MHD), Sara Erickson. Erickson brings over 20 years of experience in real estate development, finance, and community building. As the director of MHD, she will oversee the nonprofit's affordable housing development team who is responsible for the affordable multifamily housing pipeline throughout all phases of development, beginning with acquisition through to permanent operations.
A former Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) parking lot currently serving homeless residents in Mountain View could soon be replaced by as many as 220 affordable apartments.
While Mountain View and Redwood City have each received hefty grants through the state s Homekey program to build modular units for the homeless, Palo Alto s ambitious plan to do the same remains in limbo.
Nonprofit loan fund Housing Trust Silicon Valley pledged a loan to acquire just over 2 acres of property near the Evelyn Avenue exit off State Route 85 in Mountain View.