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Case Stories by Topic

 

Density

  • Foster City Replaces Blighted Shopping Center with Housing For All Income Levels
  • Watsonville Project Uses Higher Density

Homeless

  • Santa Barbara Provides for City’s Homeless

Infill

  • Contra Costa Updates Infrastructure and Uses Infill Opportunity to Create New Housing
  • Glendale Converts Vacant Lot Into Senior Housing
  • Los Gatos Uses Infill Site to Provide Affordable Housing
  • Monterey Converts Parking Lot Into Mixed-Use Development
  • Redondo Beach Uses Targeted Rezoning
  • Santa Fe Springs Replaces Brownfield Site With Senior Housing
  • Stanton Utilizes Vacant Property to Create Housing for Residents with Cerebral Palsy
  • Vallejo Transforms a Vacant Lot Into "Transit Village" Which Includes Affordable Housing Units

Mixed Use

  • Daly City Cleans Up Contamination and Develops a Mix of New Retail Space and Affordable Housing Units
  • Hercules Cleans Up Industrial Site and Creates Mixed-use Development
  • Monterey Converts Parking Lot Into Mixed-Use Development
  • Oakland Creates a "Transit Village," Including HUD Housing
  • Redwood City Created Mixed-Use Development Which Includes Low-Income Housing

 Preserving Existing Housing

  • Richmond Rehabilitates Housing Complex

Redevelopment

 

 

Bay Area

  • Alameda’s Military Base Renovation Includes Affordable Housing
  • Contra Costa Updates Infrastructure and Uses Infill Opportunity to Create New Housing
  • Daly City Cleans Up Contamination and Develops a Mix of New Retail Space and Affordable Housing Units
  • Emeryville Turns an Abandoned Card Club Into New Affordable Residential Opportunity
  • Foster City Replaces Blighted Shopping Center with Housing For All Income Levels
  • Fremont Project Built Entirely for First-Time Home Buyers
  • Hayward Works with Developer to Sell Units Below Market Rate
  • Hercules Cleans Up Industrial Site and Creates Mixed-use Development
  • Lafayette Creates a Transit-Oriented Development That Includes Affordable Housing
  • Livermore Creates Senior Housing for Low- and Very Low-Income Residents
  • Los Gatos Uses Infill Site to Provide Affordable Housing
  • Oakland Creates a "Transit Village," Including HUD Housing
  • Redwood City Creates Mixed-Use Development Which Includes Low-Income Housing
  • San Francisco Includes Affordable Senior Housing in Neighborhood Redevelopment
  • South San Francisco Renovates Fourplexes to Improve Neighborhood Appearance
  • San Jose Uses Public-Private Partnership to Revitalize Neighborhood and Provide Senior Housing
  • San Leandro Creates Affordable Rental Units for Developmentally Disabled Adults
  • Santa Clara Cleans Up Contamination, Preserves Historic Structures, and Includes Affordable Housing
  • Union City Converts Mobile-Home Park to Create New Affordable Housing
  • Vallejo Transforms a Vacant Lot Into "Transit Village" Which Includes Affordable Housing Units

Central Coast

  • Monterey Converts Parking Lot Into Mixed-Use Development
  • Santa Cruz Rebuilds After Earthquake

Central Valley

  • Manteca Builds Affordable Senior Apartments

Los Angeles

  • Burbank Includes Childcare Center in Housing Project
  • Glendale Converts Vacant Lot Into Senior Housing

Orange County

  • Orange County Improves Housing Conditions
  • Santa Ana Rehabilitates Apartments
  • Stanton Utilizes Vacant Property to Create Housing for Residents with Cerebral Palsy

San Diego

  • San Diego Uses Public-Private Collaboration to Develop Family Apartments

Second Units

  • Santa Cruz Implements "Granny Flat" Program

Senior Housing

 

  • Glendale Converts Vacant Lot Into Senior Housing
  • Livermore Creates Senior Housing for Low- and Very Low-Income Residents
  • Manteca Builds Affordable Senior Apartments
  • Redondo Beach Uses Targeted Rezoning
  • San Francisco Includes Affordable Senior Housing in Neighborhood Redevelopment
  • San Jose Provides Affordable Senior Housing
  • San Jose Uses Public-Private Partnership to Revitalize Neighborhood and Provide Senior Housing
  • Sausalito Volunteers Help Create Senior Housing
  • Santa Fe Springs Replaces Brownfield Site With Senior Housing

Workforce Housing

 

  • Fremont Project Built Entirely for First-Time Home Buyers
  • Grass Valley Develops Program for Workforce Housing

 

 

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