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Staggering statistics on growing need in the community

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Today I attended a meeting of San Mateo County's Continuum of Care steering committee. The Continuum of Care has been the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's framework for communities to provide services to homeless individuals and families. The Continuum process brings together government agencies, nonprofit service providers, and ...

HUD Announces Allocations for Foreclosure Help

Friday, September 26th, 2008

The earlier bailout bill, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HR 3221), created the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The bill allocated about $3.9 billion to the states to help deal with foreclosures. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was given 60 days to develop an ...

House Passes Bill That Includes Housing Trust Fund, Neighborhood

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

This just in from the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California:The House of Representatives on July 23 overwhelmingly passed H.R. 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which would establish a permanent affordable housing trust fund. By a vote of 272 to 152, the House agreed to a ...

Redwood City approves Cañada College housing

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

On Monday night, 4/28, the Redwood City City Council denied an appeal and approved the Cañada Vista development, the faculty/staff housing on the campus of Cañada College. The site is currently a parking lot. Pending transfer of the land from Woodside to Redwood City, the development is ready to proceed. The ...