Affordable Housing Design Adviser

Brings together experience and ideas from successful affordable housing projects all over the country, and the people who developed, designed and built them.

Affordable Housing Pod Cast

The Affordable Housing Podcast, brought to you by Eden Housing, explores the issues and challenges being faced in affordable housing today.

California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)

Department’s housing finance, rehabilitation, and community development programs; the state’s housing policy, planning and code-setting processes, and regulating manufactured housing and mobile home parks.

Center for Community Change

Contains updates and alerts on federal legislation on affordable housing and community development.

Enterprise Foundation

A national nonprofit housing and community development organization. Contains useful journals and has an online Best Practices Database.

Guide to City Governments in San Mateo County

This site has links to city government and commission information for each city in the county.

Homeowner Associations in San Mateo County

A downloadable list of local homeowners associations.

Housing Endowment and Regional Trust, the HEART of San Mateo County

Joint Powers Authority that helps build affordable housing in San Mateo County and provides home loan assistance to low-income applicants.

Housing California

A statewide affordable housing and homeless advocacy group. Contains updates and alerts on state legislation having to do with affordable housing, community development, welfare reform.

Institute for Local Government - Land Use Tip Sheets

A series of plain-language descriptions of common land use decisions - Information in both English and Spanish

Land Use and Health

The Public Health Law Program's Land Use and Health project works to engage public health advocates in the land-use decision-making process throughout California. We develop tools for training advocates in the relationship between the built environment and public health, and provide technical assistance for creating and implementing land use policies that support healthier communities.

National Housing Institute

A national nonprofit that examines what does and does not work in community building. Contains information on national housing issues, research and reports, and the magazine Shelterforce.

National Low Income Housing Coalition

A national membership association that is committed to organizing and advocate to ensure decent, affordable housing for everyone. Provides up-to-date information, formulates policy, and educates the public on housing needs. Contains research and reports and the weekly publication, Memo to Members, which provides federal legislative updates.

Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California

The collective voice for those who support, build and operate affordable housing in Northern CA.

One Bay Area

The Bay Area's regional effort to address global warming by planning for housing and transportation growth together.

San Mateo County Housing Organizations

HLC's listing of all the organizations working on housing in San Mateo County

US Department of Housing and Community Development (HUD)

The federal agency responsible for national policy and programs that address the country's housing needs. Information on public housing, HUD budgets and programs, and rental and home buying assistance.