New financing assistance for CANDO ADU projects
CalHome ADU/JADU Loans announced! The City of East Palo Alto and EPACANDO received a $2 Million CalHome award from the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Information webinar on Wednesday January 19 at 4 pm, CalHome enables the City to provide loans of up to $80,000...
Below-Market Condo for Sale
We are excited to announce the City of East Palo Alto Below Market Rate (BMR) Ownership Opportunity: 1765 E. Bayshore Road, #xxx, East Palo Alto, 1 Bedroom 1.5 Bath loft Style Condominium 950 Square Feet (per tax records) Projected Sales Price: $216,600 Virtual...
How do I get in line for one of the new Light Tree apartments?
Fill out the online interest list form at Eden Housing's project website. The waiting list is not open at this time but when Eden is ready to take applications you will automatically receive an email from the interest list informing you on how to apply. Project site link (interest form...
Check out this video of Light Tree renovation
Light Tree Apartments in EPA is undergoing a renovation and rehab. The community will nearly double is size: providing an affordable place to call home for 185 low-income families. Check out the renovation's progress in this video! /EdenHousing & EPA CAN DO...
Philanthropic Ventures Grants $1.5 million for collaborative ADU projects
EPA CAN DO was one of the organizations which will share a grant to make ADU and related housing more affordable and accessible…..
Success: Below-Market-Rate Home Sold!
A City-sponsored BMR unit on University Avenue changed hands in only three months, thanks to BAAHA and EPACANDO’s collaboration – and to applicants’ good credit standing, plus luck in the lottery… Yesterdays’s press release…
Light Tree Apartments renovation begins!
Now happening! In a press release last December (2020), Eden Housing celebrated the groundbreaking of Light Tree Apartments’ renovation project., excerpted here: Light Tree Apartments has long been a 94-apartment family community in East Palo...
Now offering Office Hours – in English & Spanish
Hello Neighbors! Do you need to accommodate a growing family, aging loved one, or want to have a rental for additional income? We’re here to help! Join our Office Hours Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Get your questions answered about how to start, financing, and more!...
2021’s exciting new ADU project at EPACANDO
In 2020, state laws made it possible to have three dwelling units on one single-family property: the main house, a junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU) or interior conversion, and a detached ADU or backyard home. In January 2021, we are launching the CANDO ADU Program, to help East Palo...
EPA affordable housing gets $20 million
The City of East Palo Alto's plan to build 500 new affordable units in 5 years got a big boost from a grant of $20 million by the Strategic Growth Council (a state agency). On July 23, Channel 5 KPIX evening news ran a feature on the projects which the grant supports, and those...