Grand Opening of Salvator Apartments! | |
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Salvator Apartments will hold its grand opening on June 22, bringing 120 affordable homes right next to Sacramento's Royal Oaks Transit Station. This project has been celebrated as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization and smart growth, providing affordable housing options for the local workforce, families, seniors and veterans. This is the first Sacramento project for Community HousingWorks, but the nonprofit is eager to keep building affordable homes throughout the region.
This development includes two elevator-served four-story buildings with a generous shared courtyard and 4,000 square feet of ground floor resident community space. It's designed to be “all-electric ready” and embraces sustainable technologies, including solar thermal hot water heating, Energy Star appliances, water-saving plumbing fixtures, dual pane windows and energy efficient heating and air conditioning.
Interested residents can learn more about Salvator Apartments here.
To attend the June 22 grand opening, register here.
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SHA in the News
Capitol Public Radio recently covered the City of Sacramento's new emergency home-repair program for low-income homeowners, speaking with SHA board president Cathy Creswell on the importance of targeted home repair programs, which she described as “critical components of an anti-displacement strategy.”
“Too often, low income homeowners, especially elder populations, do not have the resources to adequately maintain their homes,” Creswell told the NPR affiliate. “This can create unsafe living conditions as well as leaving the homeowners vulnerable to displacement, through code enforcement or predatory speculators who often offer to purchase the home for less than the real value.”
Read the full story here.
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SHA joins Housing California in letter to state officials on funding affordable housing
SHA teamed up with housing advocacy nonprofit Housing California and a united coalition of California’s leading affordable housing, homelessness, and housing justice organizations to propose a set of investments designed to serve as a blueprint for housing investment in the state's 2023-24 budget.
In a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders, the broad coalition presented a $6.9 billion investment strategy to build on progress on California’s affordable housing goals, including $4 billion to unlock and accelerate production of 35,275 new affordable homes.
Read the full letter here.
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Honoring Clarence and Jeree
Last month, our community lost two local treasures with the passing of Clarence Williams and Jeree Glasser-Hedrick. Many of SHA’s leaders, partners and members are grieving the loss of these two people who played important roles in the development of affordable housing and inclusive economic development in Sacramento. To their families, friends and colleagues, please know we hold you in our hearts.
The losses of Clarence and Jeree are opportunities to reflect on the importance of their lives and work, and to renew our own commitment to housing and economic justice. These passings also remind us that our movement is made up of and led by individuals who, while fearless advocates for a more equitable world, may at times be facing their own personal health and family challenges. We deeply miss you, Jeree and Clarence, and we will remember you by being tender and compassionate with each other.
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Clarence Williams left us on May 8. He served as President and CEO of Sacramento-based California Capital CDFI for almost 40 years. California Capital was originally chartered to administer the State’s Small Business Loan Guarantee Program. Under Clarence’s leadership, the organization expanded its programs to bring varied economic tools and education to underserved communities including women, young people, and people of color. Clarence also fought for economic equity and investment in affordable housing as a board member of the California Reinvestment Coalition for thirty years. SHA's Interim Executive Director, reflecting on Clarence's contributions, said, "Clarence's sustained commitment to economic equity by increasing low- and moderate-income people's access to capital and his ability to honor and respect the voices of colleagues, program participants and graduates without ego-interference will long serve as a model of responsible and impactful leadership."
Please read more about Clarence here.
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Jeree Glasser-Hedrick passed away on May 10. She was a quiet force that facilitated the financial sustainability of scores of affordable housing developments. Many of us first met and worked with Jeree during the ten years she led affordable housing developments through the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency financing process, first as a senior housing finance analyst and later as a program manager overseeing the implementation of the multifamily lending programs and critical City and County affordable housing ordinances and trust funds, among others. Later in her career, she was appointed to Executive Director of the CA Debt Limit Allocation Committee in the State Treasurer's Office, and rose to Deputy State Treasurer. She also served in leadership positions at CalHFA and Jamboree Housing and Focus Strategies. SHA member and retired Development Director of Mutual Housing California, Holly Wunder-Stiles, reflected on Jeree's impact and character: "Jeree was one of the best in the Sacramento and California affordable housing worlds. Her brilliance was not only in her intelligence but in her always positive attitude in helping to reach workable solutions."
For information on her memorial, please read more here.
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Housing top concern in Valley Vision's Built Environment Poll | |
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Valley Vision has released its May 2023 Built Environment Poll, which is a comprehensive view of the public’s priorities with respect to their built environment, particularly transportation, housing, telework, perceptions of safety, and public health.
The results of the survey come as no surprise: housing is the biggest concern for residents in the Sacramento region, with over half of renters identifying their neighborhood as unaffordable and 64 percent citing “increased cost of housing” as their biggest concern related to growth.
"The current lack in housing affordability is contributing to persistent inequities and creating an untenable situation as we plan for the future of our region," the poll reads. "Further, the mismatch between housing and neighborhood preference and concern about housing affordability, suggest there is a need to engage in community dialogue about the need and benefit of diverse housing types to meet needs and preferences of more people."
View the complete results here.
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