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Paseo Senter wins the 2010 AIA/HUD Secretary Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing Design
June 2010
Paseo Senter was recognized as a recipient of the HUD Secretary's Housing and Community Design Award which is given in conjunction with the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
Read HUD Press Release
See Paseo Senter profile on AIA
website
Read City of San Jose Press Release
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Paseo Senter recognized in "The Design Excellence Awards 2009"
November 2009
Paseo Senter was recognized as an Honorable Mention in the category of Affordable Housing by The Design Excellence Awards presented by Multi-Housing News.
See Awards list from The Design Excellence Awards
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Residential Architect Design Award “RADA”– Merit Award for Affordable Housing awarded to Paseo Senter
February 2009
The 10th annual residential architect Design Awards received more than 1,100 entries in 16 categories. Read article in the residential architect online |
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Community Impact Award
October 2008
Paseo Senter is awarded “Community Impact Award” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Structures 2008. Read the article in the Business Journal. |
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Out of Balance. The Risk of the nation's shrinking affordable housing supply.
September 2008
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A Home Safe and Sound, Right Next Door
July 23, 2008
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Moving in, Moving Up: Affordable housing opens
May 4, 2008
Read the Mercury News aricle about the opening of Paseo Senter at Coyote Creek
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A Haven Opens Downtown for Valley's Displaced Young People
April 9, 2008
Read the Mercury News article about the opening of Sobrato Youth Center |
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Full Circle Fund "2007 Forum: You've Got the Power"
November 2007
On November 14, 2007 at the “2007 Forum: You’ve Got the Power” Full Circle Fund event, Chris Block, was honored in their showcase of bold models of social change. Full Circle Fund stated the following: “He has been a great mobilizer in Silicon Valley, continually bringing together private, public and nonprofit stakeholders to address critical social issues." As Executive Director of Charities Housing, Chris Block most recently partnered with Full Circle Fund to form a high-profile Blue Ribbon Commission, which aims to resolve the issues of homelessness and the lack of affordable housing in Santa Clara County. |
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Paseo Senter receives "Affordable Housing Development of the Year" Award from SVBJ
October 2007
Charities Housing was awarded the “Affordable Housing Development of the Year” by Silicon Valley Business Journal at the Structures 2007 Awards on October 11, 2007. The dinner event was held at the Marriott Hotel in downtown San Jose. The Structures Awards honors those in the building industry, including architects, brokers and developers.
Click here to see the article: http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/afterhours/1582.html
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Break Out of the Box – How Community Input is Driving New Affordable Housing Designs
Affordable Housing Finance, September 2007
It started in June 2001 with a survey asking neighbors and residents of Seattle’s High Point development which of seven housing types they preferred for the site…
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San Antonio Place receives Best Affordable Housing Award
In May 2007, Charities Housing was awarded “Best Affordable Housing- 30 DU/Acre or Less” for San Antonio Place. The award was presented at the “Gold Nugget Awards” 2007 Ceremony by the Western Building Industry.
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Housing Silicon Valley report and launch of the Blue Ribbon Commission to End Homelessness and Solve Affordable Housing crisis now available
Click on the link below to see the Housing Silicon Valley report. For paper copies e-mail info@charitieshousing.org or call (408) 282-1133.
Housing Silicon Valley report |
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San Antonio Place receives Mayor's Award for Architecure
Mountain View Voice, November 24, 2006
AWARDS... Physical Project Winners... San Antonio Place received the Outstanding Architectural Design award. The 120-unit development offers affordable housing for people earning 15 to 45 percent of the county's median income. Budgetary and design challenges were overcome to provide a building praised by the panel.
Click here to read about the Mayor's Award...
Click here for details about San Antonio Place... |
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San Antonio Place Named Project of the Year
Mountain View Voice, October 13, 2006
San Antonio Place, the only recent affordable studios project in Mountain View, was last week given the title "Project of the Year" by Multi-Family Executive, a national publication targeted at senior-level executives who deal with multifamily housing units.
Designed by Kodama Deseno Architects, San Antonio Place was selected based on such criteria as architectural innovation, floor plan, suitability to target market, creativity with materials, interior design, landscaping, creative financing, and ability to work with officials in government and community. The project was praised for its affordability, comfort and luxuries, despite the small size of its rental units.
Click here to read award article from Multi Family Executive magazine November 2006 issue...
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San Antonio Place Receives the Best In American Living Award
Charities Housing is proud that San Antonio Place was selected for this prestigious award and shares this excerpt from the Award Letter:
On behalf of Professional Builder magazine and NAHB Design Committee, we would like to congratulate you on being a winner in the 2006 Best In American Living Award competition. Your project - San Antonio Place - was selected by the panel of judges.
The award ceremony will take place at SeaWorld's "Ports of Call" on Tuesday, February 6th from 7:00pm to 11:00pm. SeaWorld in approximate 1.5 miles from Orange County Convention Center. We will have an open bar and appetizers. Tickets will be available for $125 through Professional Builder magazine.
Professional Builder will be featuring all winners in the February issue. In addition, your winning project will be featured on our web site www.ProBuilder.com/bala for one year.
Congratulations on your winning project. We look forward to seeing you at the award ceremony in February. |
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San Antonio Place Chosen as Semi-Finalist for Terner Prize
Charities Housing is proud that San Antonio Place was as a semi-finalist for the Terner Prize and shares this excerpt from the Award Letter:
Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that your team was one of fourteen semi-finalists for the Terner Prize. You did not make it to the top six finalists, however. The status of semi-finalist was quite an accomplishment because the jury received 82 submissions from all over the country. Our fine jury is comprised of David Baker of David Baker Architects in San Francisco, Elinor Bacon in DC, J. Michael Pitchford, President & CEO, Community Preservation & Development Corporation in DC, Greg Maher of Local Initiatives Support Corporation in New York, John King with the San Francisco Chronicle and Geoffrey Wooding of Goody Clancy in Boston. They spent many hours reviewing the submissions.
The jurors and staff where amazed and touched by the high quality of submissions and all the level of work that is being done throughout the country, urban to rural, homeless to mixed income, rehab to new construction with a host of services for residents and wide spread impact on surrounding communities. Your team joins this list of the eight semi-finalists:
Charities Housing Development Corporation; Mountain View, CA
Charlotte- Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Inc.; Charlotte, NC
The Doe Fund, Inc.; Brooklyn, NY
Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Warenfels Architects; Providence, RI
Harley Ellis Devereaux; Chicago, IL
McCormack Bacon Salzar, Inc.; St. Louis, MO
New Hope Housing; Houston, TX
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; San Francisco, CA
The Jury is conducting site visits this month and will select the Prize winner during deliberations in December. We have decided to schedule the Prize luncheon on January 31,2007 Washington DC prior to the Urban Land Institute Trustees and Leadership meeting. We also have decided to organize a symposium that morning so that we can take advantage of a gathering of leaders in the affordable housing field to share best practices. We hope you are able to join us in Washington for the Symposium.
Thank you for your submission and again, congratulations on becoming a semi-finalist!
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Unfair Shake in Housing Report
Mountain View Voice, July 28, 2006
Last April saw the grand opening of San Antonio Place, a handsome 118-unit building of "efficiency studios" designed to provide affordable housing for those most in need of it. That's only a taste of what's to come. According to planning department estimates, Mountain View will build about 3,000 new housing units in the near future, with most of them adhering to smart-growth philosophies, such as locating the housing close to other neighborhoods, businesses and mass transit.
But don't tell that to the Bay Area Council, a business-friendly group which last week released a report claiming that Mountain View deserved an "F" for its work in providing housing...
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Cities receive high grades for housing solutions
Los Altos Town Crier, July 26, 2006
Affordable havens hidden in the state's highest housing markets...
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Gaining Ground on Affordable Housing
San Jose Mercury Newes, July 24, 2006
When voters passed a statewide affordable-housing bond in 2002, the ground rules made it appear that lower-income areas might more easily qualify for grants...
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Charities Housing completes construction of San Antonio Place in Mountain View
This project is a testimony to the City's commitment to affordable housing. The project is the collaborative result between the City Council, the community at-large, and Charities Housing. The 120 affordable studio apartments will provide a home for those who do not make enough to afford the high rents in Silicon Valley, seniors and other Mountain View residents who are living on a fixed income.
Click here to see the 4/21/06 Mountain View Voice article on San Antonio Place |
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Charities Housing awarded MHP funding for Paseo Senter I & II
In May 2005, Charities Housing was informed that it has been approved for funding for two projects from the Multi-family Housing Project (MHP). These are for Paseo Senter Phase Phase II and I. MHP is a program of the State of California, providing deferred payment loans to assist the new construction, rehabilitation and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for lower income households.
Click here to see 2/22/06 Mercury News article on Paseo Senter
Click here for more information on MHP...
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Charities Housing recognized in national affordable housing book
Stoney Pine Villa, a Charities Housing development, is one of 18 showcase affordable housing projects featured in a new publication “Affordable Housing – designing an American Asset”, published by the Urban Land Institute and the National Building Museum. To purchase a copy click on the image.
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Charities Housing receives national housing prize
Charities Housing was one of 8 winners of the inaugural 2005 John M. Clancy awards in 2005. Homesafe San Jose was chosen from 56 projects submitted by architects and organizations from 20 states.
“The intent of the John Clancy Award for Socially Responsible Housing is to recognize and encourage excellence in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of socially responsible urban housing by honoring an organization, a group, or an individual who has been a major force behind one or more built housing developments characterized by excellence in planning, design and construction…
Jurors lauded the cost-effective, unified design, citing the quality of the site plan, the straightforward building geometries, and the expressive but simple architectural vocabulary of pitched-roof forms rendered in stucco and accented appropriately with color. ”
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Efficiency Studio Project Moves Ahead
Mountain View Voice, Sept
17, 2004
Ground was broken on the city's first subsidized efficiency studio project
last week, an effort that will cost $21.8 million and create 120 units
of low-income housing...
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