Thank you to Bank of America Foundation
We thank Bank of America Foundation for supporting the “nuts and bolts” of funding “bricks and mortar” projects. The metaphors and nonprofit buzz words, of course, are free. Read more…….
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New housing opens August 2012 in South San Francisco; HEART made $1M loan
MidPen Housing received over 2,300 applications for the 109 homes, demonstrating that the need for funding affordable homes is as great as ever. Read more about this HEART-funded development which opens in August 2012.
HEART raises over $100,000 at May lunch, with 370 guests.
Thanks to you we raised over $100,000 for HEART at our May 7 lunch. Thank you Lori Goler, Vice President of People of Facebook who gave the keynote, to Facebook for a $25,000 donation, and to our board, sponsors and volunteers. See more photos from the event…….
San Mateo County Launches Free Housing Locator Service
The new service, SMCHousingSearch.org offers renters, landlords, housing professionals and anyone with access to a computer, tablet or smartphone access to real-time information about rental housing, ranging from subsidized to market rate, in San Mateo County.
Ask the Credit Union Guy – fixed vs. adjustable rate mortgages
HEART and Meriwest Credit Union have partnered to offer conforming mortgages and downpayment assistance loans to moderate-income first-time homebuyers in San Mateo County. Which is the right loan for you, and what does our program offer?
Affordable family rental housing in South San Francisco receives over 2000 applications
636 El Camino, a HEART-funded project for 109 families in South San Francisco received over 2000 applications for their new apartments opening in Fall 2012.
HEART makes loans to preserve affordable housing
Ocean View Senior Housing provides 100 one bedroom rental units for seniors at very affordable rates. HEART provided a $500,000 development loan to help renovate and sustain this valuable housing resource…
Over 300 Attend Lunch to Benefit HEART
Thanks to you we reached our $3M campaign goal, and met our $10K challenge grant. With your support, HEART raised $60K, A big thank you to keynote speaker, Steve Westly, who spoke about investing in green buildings, lead sponsor Borel Private Bank & Trust Co., and to all of our presenters and participants.
$200K loan for police station redevelopment site in San Mateo
HEART approved a $200K pre-development loan to Palo Alto Partners, a for-profit entity that represents one-half of the development team for the San Mateo Police Station site redevelopment at 2000 S. Delaware Street in San Mateo. Stay tuned for more details.
HEART is a community loan fund to create more affordable homes for all our residents
Before dawn I joined 244 other volunteers and homeless folks in San Mateo County to go count people living in the streets. We joined thousands across the county in conducting a bi-annual census of people without homes. Since I live in San Bruno and wanted to get to know my town and its residents better, I went to the Safe Harbor Shelter in South City for training and to meet my partner David Sharp, a resident of his Ford Taurus who lives at a local fast food parking lot at night in South City.