Meet Montse
Montserrat Zamora Olivares joined HIP Housing as an intern in August 2022 to support HIP Housing’s emerging Housing Readiness Program—an affordable housing initiative that empowers San Mateo County community members to navigate our complex local housing landscape through tailored, one-on-one support. When Montse began, [...]
Cedar Property Case Study
BACKGROUND/INTRO: The Cedar SHARE home is located in the City of San Carlos’s Howard Park Neighborhood. The house is one of four SHARE Homes in HIP Housing’s Self Sufficiency Program affordable properties portfolio. In the early 1990s, leading up to the acquisition and construction [...]
HIP Housing’s DEI Initiatives, At A Glance:
We envision HIP Housing as an organization that centers representation, health, and belonging in its opportunities and practices. Consistent work towards diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is crucial to HIP Housing’s impact, and we believe that commitment to these areas enables employees and clients [...]
Meet HIP Housing’s Volunteer Superstars!
Meet HIP Housing's Volunteer Superstars! This month, we sat down with FOUR of our fabulous volunteers to chat about their experiences, goals and memories with HIP Housing! At HIP Housing, we are incredibly fortunate to receive support from a number of volunteers each week! From [...]
Match Made in Millbrae: A Home Sharing Client Story
Gia Dattel is a Millbrae caregiver and former HIP Housing Home Sharing client, who participated in the program for almost two decades. She sat down with us recently to discuss her experiences with the program and the unexpected friendship that blossomed as a result! [...]
Meet Lisa! Q&A with a HIP Housing Board Member!
Meet Lisa! Q&A with a HIP Housing Board Member! San Mateo local and HIP Housing board member, Lisa Diaz Nash, is a passionate community voice and affordable housing advocate. We sat down with her and her gorgeous doggy, Dolce, to chat about her work [...]
HIP Housing Memories: March 2022
HIP Housing Memories March 2022 HIP Housing is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and we will be gathering and sharing stories, memories, and photos throughout 2022 from HIP Housing founders, staff, and supporters. This month, in celebration of Women's History Month, we [...]
HIP Housing Memories: February 2022
HIP Housing Memories February 2022 HIP Housing is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and we will be gathering and sharing stories, memories, and photos throughout 2022 from HIP Housing founders, staff, and supporters. This month, we celebrate the 30th work anniversary of [...]
Cheers to 50 Years!
Cheers to 50 Years! From our February 2022 newsletter This year, HIP Housing celebrates its 50th anniversary. Founded in August 1972, we have grown from a small nonprofit of 10 people operating out of an office at a local bank, to a premier [...]
Nurturing Fathers Initiative Supports Dads on Their Parenting Journey
Nurturing Fathers Initiative Supports Dads on Their Parenting Journey From our February 2022 newsletter Something was missing. Over the course of his twenty-year career as a social worker, James Simmons, HIP Housing’s Self Sufficiency Program Client Services Manager, had noticed that there were [...]
2021 Adopt A Family Program a Huge Success
2021 Adopt A Family Program a Huge Success From our February 2022 newsletter It was as if Santa’s workshop made a temporary move from the North Pole down to San Mateo. The Adopt A Family Program is a favorite HIP Housing holiday [...]
HIP Housing Celebrates the Winners of Its Annual Calendar Contest
HIP Housing Celebrates the Winners of Its Annual Calendar Contest From our February 2022 newsletter On December 8th, HIP Housing debuted its 2022 calendar at a celebration honoring the 12 contest winners who contributed their artwork and quotes. The event took place at [...]
A Q&A with Shelley Pavela, HIP Housing Board President
A Q&A with Shelley Pavela, HIP Housing Board President January 2022 HIP Housing is extraordinarily fortunate to have Shelley Pavela as the President of our Board of Directors. Shelley sat down with us recently for a chat about her Board experience, her thoughts [...]
HIP Housing Memories: January 2022
HIP Housing Memories January 2022 HIP Housing is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and we will be gathering and sharing stories, memories, and photos throughout 2022 from HIP Housing founders, staff, and supporters. Our first HIP Housing memory comes from Laura Fanucchi, [...]
Meet HIP Housing’s New Board Members!
Meet HIP Housing's New Board Members! \We are thrilled to welcome three new members to HIP Housing’s Board of Directors, and one new member to the HIP Housing Development Corporation Board of Directors. We can’t wait to see where their energy, ideas, and experience [...]
HIP Housing launches compliance services for affordable units in market-rate developments
HIP Housing launches compliance services for affordable units in market-rate developments December 2021 HIP Housing’s property management team, HIP Housing Affordable Ventures (HHAV), recently launched Below Market Rate and Inclusionary Housing Compliance Services to serve property owners and developers required to include below-market-rate [...]
2022 HIP Housing Calendar Winners
Home is a place where everything is okay. Home is a place that defines you. My home has a place in my heart. -Kaya O. (Woodland School) My home is like a "Captain America" shield. It protects me and everyone who lives inside [...]
Hip, Hip, Hooray! 2021 Virtual Event is a Smashing Success
Hip, Hip, Hooray! 2021 Virtual Event is a Smashing Success July 2021 From their office desks and living room sofas, more than 100 HIP Housing supporters gathered online on Wednesday, May 26th, for our “At Home with HIP!” virtual event and fundraiser. With custom [...]
HIP Housing Works with Stanford University on a New Information and Referral Program
HIP Housing Works with Stanford University on a New Information and Referral Program July 2021 HIP Housing is working with a team of graduate and undergraduate students from Stanford University on a new Information and Referral Program! This program would add capacity for HIP [...]
HIP Housing’s Executive Director Receives 2020 Business Woman of the Year Award
HIP Housing’s Executive Director Receives 2020 Business Woman of the Year Award July 2021 HIP Housing’s Executive Director, Kate Comfort Harr, recently received the “2020 Business Woman of the Year Award” from Chamber San Mateo County. Comfort Harr earned this award as a result [...]