by admin-chp | Mar 29, 2021 | News
2021 HG Magazine, The Heffernan Group Community Housing Partnership is a San Francisco nonprofit that provides a wide range of services to people experiencing homelessness. To CEO Rick Aubry however, its real job is stabilizing lives. CHP‘s main metric for success is...
by admin-chp | Mar 4, 2021 | News
San Francisco Chronicle, by J.K. Dineen Over the past year the ceremonial groundbreaking, where politicians and developers put on shiny hard hats and celebrate the city’s latest real estate milestone by flinging ceremonial dirt with ceremonial shovels, has vanished...
by admin-chp | Feb 19, 2021 | News
San Francisco Public Press, by Nuala Bishari Nearly one in every 10 of San Francisco’s permanent supportive housing units — earmarked for people experiencing homelessness — is sitting empty. The number of vacant units has climbed 58% since September and represents...
by admin-chp | Feb 19, 2021 | News
Bisnow, by Jacob Bourne San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood is slated to get more affordable supportive housing units to help alleviate the city’s homelessness crisis. Merchants Capital just secured a construction loan from Merchants Bank of Indiana for the...
by admin-chp | Feb 17, 2021 | News
San Francisco Examiner, by Ida Mojadad Pandemic, budget surplus offer rare ‘window of opportunity’ to quickly acquire more units More than 50 advocacy groups on Wednesday urged city officials to use available resources to buy struggling hotels that they say could...
by admin-chp | Jan 18, 2021 | News
The Potrero View, by Bettina Cohen Community Housing Partnerships (CHP) and Bridge Housing Corporation broke ground last fall at Mission Bay South Block 9, also known as 410 China Basin. The 92,000 square foot, four-story structure featuring 141 modular affordable...
by admin-chp | Dec 15, 2020 | News
San Francisco Business Times, by Laura Waxmann A 96-unit housing project for extremely low-income and homeless San Francisco residents slated to rise in the South of Market neighborhood is moving one step closer to construction with a $19.1 million funding boost from...
by admin-chp | Dec 3, 2020 | News
San Francisco Chronicle, by Trisha Thadani San Francisco has pulled back on a plan to close hotels for the homeless this month, but the news has done little to curb the uncertainty that many residents still face in 2021. The Department of Homelessness and Supportive...
by admin-chp | Nov 17, 2020 | News
As part of the citywide effort to transform public housing, and the organization’s commitment to serving more members of the community, Community Housing Partnership and BRIDGE Housing broke ground on November 17 to begin construction of 410 China Basin Street in...
by admin-chp | Aug 14, 2020 | News
San Francisco Public Press, by Noah Arroyo & Brian Howey San Francisco’s housing and homelessness service providers worry that City Hall’s budget decisions will leave them unprepared to face an expected wave of housing displacement. Interviews with staffers at a...
by admin-chp | Jul 28, 2020 | News
The Patch, by the Office of the San Francisco Mayor San Francisco, CA–Mayor London N. Breed today announced that construction has begun on the Plumbers Union mixed-use project, which will transform a crucial stretch of Market Street by adding 580 new homes, including...
by admin-chp | Jul 23, 2020 | News
Mission Local, by Madison Alvarado San Francisco real estate developers Mel Murphy, Luke O’Brien and James Kavanaugh are in the process of converting a residential board-and-care facility into a duplex, according to city documents. Up until a fire in August 2015, 628...
by admin-chp | Jul 14, 2020 | News
After an intensive search, we are thrilled to announce our new Chief People Officer, Andrew B. Stroud, Jr., SPHR officially started as CPO of Community Housing Partnership on July 1, 2020. “I am passionate about building organizational cultures that embrace the tenets...
by admin-chp | Jun 6, 2020 | News
Our hearts are heavy as we grieve the violent and senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and too many others. For 30 years, Community Housing Partnership has had a clear and binding mission to create safe, supported homes for people who have...
by admin-chp | Jun 1, 2020 | News
San Francisco Classical Voice, by Janos Gereben When SF Opera had to close production due to Covid-19 and news reports of medical supply shortages began to appear, the production department discussed ways they might be able to help. SFO Costume Director Daniele...
by admin-chp | Jun 1, 2020 | News
We’re thrilled to announce that Community Housing Partnership was just recognized for transparency with a Gold Seal on our GuideStar Nonprofit Profile! GuideStar is the world’s largest source of information on nonprofit organizations. More than 8 million visitors per...
by admin-chp | May 26, 2020 | News
Everyone in San Francisco encounters homelessness on a daily basis: on streets, in parks, on public transportation, near workplaces and in businesses. It’s because we care that it is painful and frustrating to see our neighbors living on the streets, but as an...
by admin-chp | Mar 4, 2020 | News
For the 30 years, we have had an unwavering commitment to the health and well-being of residents who are stabilizing their lives after years of homelessness. Today, in the face of a global crisis, we are doing everything we can to ensure each of our 17 locations...
by admin-chp | Oct 31, 2019 | News
The new beds, which are now open, are part of Mayor Breed’s efforts to add 1,000 new shelter beds by the end of 2020 San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed today announced the opening of 20 new beds at the Civic Center Navigation Center, which brings the total...
by admin-chp | Oct 29, 2019 | News
After an intensive five-month search, we are thrilled to announce our new Chief Executive Officer, Rick Aubry, PhD will officially start as CEO of Community Housing Partnership on November 12. “Community Housing Partnership is a remarkable organization on the...
by admin-chp | Dec 20, 2018 | News
SF Gate Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Vallie Brown joined community members in San Francisco’s North Panhandle neighborhood on Wednesday to celebrate the reopening of 97 public housing units – all completely rehabilitated. The 12-story residence at...
by admin-chp | Dec 19, 2018 | News
There is a real concerted effort in San Francisco to stabilize housing and keep people from getting displaced. For example, nonprofits are buying properties and revitalizing them with the purpose of keeping them permanently affordable. Not a single resident of a...
by admin-chp | Jul 27, 2018 | News
California Department of Housing and Community Development Announces $262 Million in Awards for Affordable Multifamily Housing Developments For years, California has been under building homes, especially multifamily housing. This lack of supply and skyrocketing rents...
by admin-chp | Jun 26, 2018 | News
Shelterforce, by Daniel Wu A 2017 piece by Shelterforce‘s Miriam Axel-Lute argued that blaming community development corporations (CDCs) for the high cost of affordable housing construction is misguided. I agree, and contend that not only is this blame misguided, it...
