News and press

awards and grant funding

  • Terner Labs’ 2024 Housing Venture Lab Cohort, July 2024

    Terner Labs will offer wraparound support through the Housing Venture Lab and will help us accelerate our scale and increase our impact on the housing industry.

  • State Homekey Funding Award

    City of Vallejo, Firm Foundation Community Housing, and Shelter, Inc. partnership awarded Homekey funding to build 48-unit new construction permanent supportive housing village on Broadway Drive in Vallejo, CA.

Homeless to Housed

Part 1

Created by Mark Jones from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission of San Francisco

Homeless to Housed

Part 2

Created by Mark Jones from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission of San Francisco

In the News

  • CBS San Francisco, December 2024

    New affordable housing complex built on church-owned land in Walnut Creek

  • ULI San Francisco, May 2024

    Leveraging a new state law to streamline the development process, resources and support to turn ideas into reality.

  • Vote for Hope: New Beginnings Housing Project #BlackHistoryMonth, February 2024

    Permanent housing and support for youth transitioning out of the foster care system in San Mateo, California.

  • Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency, October 2022

    Fairmont Campus Navigation Center Tiny Homes is the Model

  • Mercury News, June 2022

    Bay Area churches build tiny homes for their homeless neighbors.

  • Fast Company's 2021 Innovation by Design Award

    Housing advocacy collaboration recognized for cost-effective, streamlined approach to supporting vulnerable homeless populations.

  • Mercury News, September 2021

    East Bay tiny homes mean big changes for homeless residents.

  • SF Bay via Bay City News, September 2021

    New tiny home village offers dignified space, care for 34 residents in need.

  • KGO ABC 7, September 2021

    New tiny home village at Fairmont Navigation Center

  • KTVU FOX, September 2021

    Opening of new Fairmont Navigation Center Tiny Home Village

  • Goodness Village opens in Livermore, CA, June 2021

    Goodness Village opens 28-tiny home community to accommodate those struggling with homelessness.

  • Palo Alto Online, January 2021

    Are modular homes the answer to Bay Area's affordable housing demand?

  • ABC7 News, February 2020

    Tiny homes, big solution: 4 formerly homeless find housing thanks to new program in Castro Valley.

  • KTVU Fox, February 2020

    Castro Valley tiny home community opens in parking lot of First Presbyterian Church of Hayward