News & Updates
Eden Housing Celebrates Grand Opening of Crescent Grove
May 5, 2025
– The apartments serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness, people with developmental disabilities and veterans – WHAT: Eden Housing is hosting a grand opening ceremony to celebrate the launch of Crescent Grove, a new 72-unit affordable housing community in Castro Valley. The development offers a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments for households…
Eden Housing Publishes Greenhouse Gas Reduction Assessments Report with Support from Enterprise Communities and HUD
April 29, 2025
– Funds supported holistic assessments of Eden Housing properties that surfaced commonalities and patterns informing next steps through data-driven insights – Hayward, California—April 29, 2025—Eden Housing, a nonprofit developer and manager of over 160 affordable multifamily housing communities that provide stability and advance opportunity for low-income families, seniors, and other special needs communities across California,…
HIP Housing and Eden Housing Celebrate the Groundbreaking of Cherry Street Commons in San Carlos
April 21, 2025
– Fifteen years in the making, the project will offer 33 affordable homes for low-income families – WHAT: In partnership, Eden Housing and HIP Housing, are hosting a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on Cherry Street Commons, a long-anticipated affordable housing development in San Carlos. Fifteen years in the making, the project…
Q&A with Senator Aisha Wahab
March 25, 2025
Senator Wahab can relate to the issues the community faces regarding affordable housing, because she has walked in their shoes. Placed in foster care at an early age, she was adopted by a young couple in the Bay Area, who gave her a warm and stable upbringing. Yet she knows what it feels like to…
Eden Housing Names Two New Board Members with Expertise in Real Estate, Senior Housing and More
February 4, 2025
Eden Housing announced two new board members, Katia Kamangar, Founder and Principal at Kamangar Consulting, LLC, a strategic real estate advisory firm; and Joe O’Hehir, Interim CEO at Vivalon, whose mission is to ensure every adult has the opportunity to age with independence, dignity and grace. “We’re thrilled to welcome these two experts to our board as they…
Celebrating Legacy Court Groundbreaking in Richmond, Culminating 22 Years of Effort
December 18, 2024
In mid-December, we held the long-awaited official groundbreaking for Legacy Court in Richmond, a development that will provide affordable housing for 42 low-income households earning between 30% and 60% of the area’s median income. Legacy Court is designed as all-electric and will incorporate energy-efficient appliances, as well as green elements designed to reduce the carbon…
Year in Review: 2024 Policy Update from Sacramento
December 17, 2024
Governor Newsom signed 13 bills supported by Eden during this legislative session—including legislation that strengthens protections for affordable housing providers from “bad faith” lawsuits, increases financing flexibility, and reduces or delays fees imposed on our projects. In spite of a multi-billion-dollar revenue shortfall, the 2024-25 state budget approved earlier this year also maintained state commitments…
DOWNTOWN LIBRARY & AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AWARDED $110 MILLION TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION PHASE; GROUNDBREAKING SLATED FOR SPRING 2025
December 12, 2024
SANTA CRUZ (Dec. 11, 2024) – The City of Santa Cruz, Eden Housing and For The Future Housing today announced the Downtown Library & Affordable Housing Project has been granted the final funding award needed to begin construction. The visionary project will provide the community with much-needed affordable housing, a modern library, quality childcare facilities…
Community Housing Development Corporation and Eden Housing Celebrate Legacy Court Groundbreaking in Richmond, Culminating 22 Years of Effort
December 11, 2024
WHAT: Community Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) and Eden Housing are excited to announce the groundbreaking celebration of Legacy Court, a development that will provide affordable housing for 42 low-income households earning between 30% and 60% of the area’s median income. Thirteen of the units will be dedicated to supporting residents experiencing homelessness, those at…
Eden Housing’s Chief Operating Officer, Shola Olatoye, was Recognized at This Year’s Northern California Women Leading Real Estate Celebration by Bisnow
November 25, 2024
— Bisnow’s Northern California Women Leading Real Estate Celebration honored nearly forty women reinventing commercial real estate and driving innovation across Northern California— SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Nov. 25, 2024 —Eden Housing is proud to announce that its chief operating officer, Shola Olatoye, has been named one of Bisnow’s 2024 Power Women. This prestigious recognition…