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Archive for the ‘Affordable Housing Week’ Category

Affordable Housing Week: Legislative Breakfast

Monday, May 18th, 2009

On Friday, May 15, HLC sponsored a legislative breakfast. It featured a discussion of the state budget and housing, with panelists Assembly Member Jerry Hill, Bay Area Council's Matt Regan, and Housing California's Julie Spezia. They agreed that California's state budget is dysfunctional, and needs solutions such as ACA 4, ...

Affordable Housing Week: Pen Station Groundbreaking

Friday, May 15th, 2009

On Thursday afternoon, 5/14/09, Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition celebrated the groundbreaking for Peninsula Station, a new development on El Camino Real in San Mateo. When completed in summer 2010 or so, Pen Station will provide affordable rental homes for 68 working families. The actual ground was broken several weeks ago, so the ...

Affordable Housing Week: Vendome Hotel

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

On Tuesday, May 12, the City of San Mateo and Shelter Network rededicated the Vendome Hotel as supportive housing for formerly homeless single adults. The hotel serves 15 men and two women, plus a resident manager. The San Mateo Daily Journal carried a brief item and a photo in Wednesday's paper. The ...

Affordable Housing Week: Rotary Club panel talk

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

On Monday, May 11, I was part of a panel discussion at the Burlingame Rotary Club on the ways organizations and governments in San Mateo County collaborate on housing issues. The panelists were:San Mateo County Supervisor Mark Church, who talked about the collaborative efforts the County had led, including the ...

Foreclosure Fair Serves 130 Homeowners

Monday, May 11th, 2009

At the Foreclosure Crisis Town Hall Meeting and Resource Fair on Saturday, May 9, some 130 homeowners received one-on-one counseling from HUD-certified nonprofit organizations. In addition, those homeowners and other community members heard from a series of elected leaders and experts on the legal, financial, and legislative sides of the crisis. Speakers ...

Video for Affordable Housing Week, May 9-16, 2009

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

This is the public service announcement produced by Comcast:

Catching up after Affordable Housing Week

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

I hope to post some more information here after I've had a chance to clean up my office. We had a great and successful time during Affordable Housing Week. Thanks to my colleagues Greg, Paula, and Sherri as well as our HLC members for putting together a fabulous set of ...

More homes for a stronger community

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Opinion piece in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 5/9/2008 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=opinions&id=91675 By Chris Mohr A police officer who commutes nearly two hours each way to his job with the city of San Mateo. A young mother who is just a few years into her public-school teaching career. A young father who works for the ...

Affordable Housing Week San Mateo County press release

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

HLC's press release announcing Affordable Housing Week San Mateo County, May 10-17, went out over the wire (aka the Internet, of course) today. For Immediate Release Contact: Christopher Mohr, Executive Director (650) 872-4444 ext. 1# cmohr =at= hlcsmc.org Affordable Housing Week Set for May 10-17, 2008 Housing Leadership Council teams with members, Wells Fargo South San ...

Foreclosure Prevention Seminar in Daly City on Thurs. May 15

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Foreclosure has been less of an issue in San Mateo County compared to several other Bay Area counties and especially compared to the rest of California. I like to say that's because San Mateo County outsourced its moderately priced housing across the Bay and even into the Central Valley. Still, the ...