Welcome to Our New Board Members! July 2021 We are thrilled to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors, and can’t wait to see where their energy, ideas, and experience take our agency going forward. To learn more, visit hiphousing.org/hiphousingnewboardmembers2021.
Find a Tenant for Your ADU July 2021 The HIP Housing Home Sharing Program can help homeowners find a tenant for their Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). We currently have 9 matched home providers and 8 active home providers with an In-Law or ADU. Our team has worked hard to attract new ADU owners [...]
Meet HIP Housing's New Board Members! We are thrilled to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors, and can't wait to see where their energy, ideas, and experience take our agency going forward. Lisa Diaz Nash HIP Housing Board Member Lisa is a community leader, social entrepreneur, and marketer who [...]
Thank You to Our Retiring Board Members The six outgoing members of HIP Housing's Board of Directors have contributed so much to our agency over the years, and have done so much to push our work forward. We thank them for sharing their time, talent, knowledge, experience, and expertise with us. They have truly [...]
Calendar 2021 Release January 2021 Each year our calendar competition, children in kindergarten to 5th grade in San Mateo County draw a picture of a home and write a quote about “what home means to me.” Filled with local youth artwork the calendar has brought warmth to thousands of homes since 2001. While we [...]
Redwood Oaks Update January 2021 Join HIP Housing as we showcase a special video to celebrate the Grand Opening of our Redwood Oaks property! HIP Housing purchased Redwood Oaks in 1999 and maintained the property for more than 20 years. In 2018, we partnered with Redwood City, the County of San Mateo, and CREA [...]
SSP Graduates of 2020 January 2021 This year 11 of our Self-Sufficiency Clients have graduated college. Some of our wonder graduates are: Sandra Nuñez completing a Bachelor of Arts degree at Cal State East Bay in Criminal Justice, Baraka Gambo completing a Bachelor of Science degree at San Francisco State University in Health Science, [...]
Virtual Event 2020 January 2021 Our first-ever “At Home with HIP” Virtual Coffee Event was a huge success! This event, which replaced our Annual Luncheon, brought in over $165,000 for our innovative affordable housing programs.The support of our donors and sponsors means the world to our clients and all of us at HIP [...]
Home Sharing During COVID-19 January 2021 Shortly after the Shelter in Place Order went into effect, our staff adapted our interview process to be online almost overnight. We now use Google Hangouts Meet for virtual interviews and HelloSign to accept applications online. Our Home Sharing Coordinators can teach you how to use Hangouts Meet [...]
The Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund January 2021 HIP Housing created the Emergency Relief Fund to help ease our clients’ burdens. We received over 100 applications from those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within a month, we were able to exceed our goal and raise over $237,000. Currently, we have distributed $181,017 across 230 households [...]
