Community-Subsidized Affordable Homes
Quality, affordable homes that are preserved and created by non-profit and public organizations offer a critical resource for our communities. Mission-driven organizations within EBHO’s membership recently developed or acquired the housing communities featured here, incorporating innovative design to address community needs for sustainability, play, art, access, and affordability.
These homes provide hundreds of people a safe place to lay their heads each night, including formerly unhoused youth and adults, youth transitioning out of the state foster care system, parents and their children, veterans, seniors, survivors of intimate partner violence, people with disabilities, and low-income workers.
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Beth Asher Apartments, Oakland
Beth Asher is a 49-unit affordable housing community located in Oakland’s Dimond District, serving seniors with incomes between 30-50% of the area median income. The property has 31 studios, 3 jumbo studios, and 16 one-bedroom units. Originally built in 1971, it was thoughtfully renovated and reimagined by Phillips Win Architecture and Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA) in 2024 to better serve the needs of its senior community.
Learn more about Beth Asher Apartments and our partners at Phillips Win Architecture.
Tiny House Empowerment Village (THEV), Oakland
The Tiny House Empowerment Village (THEV) was created in response to the growing epidemic of youth homelessness in the Bay Area. The THEV is led by Youth Spirit Artworks (YSA), a Berkeley-based art and job training program for low-income youth. Homeless youth themselves played a large role in designing and building the village.
Learn more about Tiny House Empowerment Village.
Estrella Vista, Emeryville
Estrella Vista is an affordable mixed-use apartment community in Emeryville, CA, providing studios and one- through four-bedroom apartments for families. The project was supported by a collaboration between EAH Housing, the primary non-profit affordable housing provider, and the cities of Emeryville, Oakland, Alameda County, Oakland Housing Authority, and the Housing Authority of the County of Alameda to provide much-needed housing for East Bay families. Non-Profit Housing Provider: EAH Housing.
Learn more about Estrella Vista.
Sunflower Hill at Irby Ranch, Pleasanton
Sunflower Hill at Irby Ranch is the first independent, affordable residential community for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Tri-Valley area.
Learn more about Sunflower Hill.
Paseo Estero & Vista Estero
Paseo Estero, provides 101 deeply affordable rental apartments for families, and Vista Estero, 110 deeply affordable apartments for seniors. The result of an innovative and highly collaborative public/private partnership, what was once an underutilized and mostly industrial site, is being transformed into a highly livable, walkable, and beautifully designed community to benefit generations to come. Housing Provider: MidPen Housing.
Learn more about Paseo Estero and Vista Estero.
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