Affordable Housing Month 2020
Every year, HLC and our partners dedicate the month of May to affordable housing. Through multiple events scattered throughout the month, we engage hundreds of housing supporters around San Mateo County to collectively learn, mobilize, and understand the positive and extensive impact affordable housing brings. We do this by offering the opportunity of attending informative workshops, groundbreakings, housing policy panels, affordable housing tours, and more. Most of all, we come together to recognize the ongoing efforts and power of our local partners and communities.
Due to COVID-19, HLC will not be hosting any in-person events during Affordable Housing Month. We will however continue the momentum of our collective work by hosting virtual events and providing engaging at-home activities. Now is the time to put into practice what Building Community Wellness means by taking care of ourselves, our neighbors, community members, and loved ones. Our current circumstances have shown us that our places of home allow us to remain healthy and that housing solutions exponentially increase healthier outcomes for all. The need for more affordable housing has never been as apparent.
Schedule of Events
HLC will keep adding more events and engaging opportunities to this page throughout May. E-mail Kara at krivera@hlcsmc.org if you’d like to have your event highlighted.
May 1: Member Briefing with Raymond Hodges
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Join us this FRIDAY at noon to hear what the Department of Housing is currently doing to keep people housed. Interim Director Raymond Hodges will be answering some questions!
May 7: Home Could Be Here: Poetry, Art, and Music Competition
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Join HLC and Aileen Cassinetto, the poet laureate of San Mateo County, at this fun event highlighting the talent of our local youth! Featuring performances and showcases of our top five contestants.
Missed this event? No worries! Click here to see a live recording of it!
May 14: Advancing the 3 P’s Through the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA)
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Join esteemed panelists to learn about the opportunities BAHFA presents to address the region’s housing crisis through its existing capacity and with potential state, federal, corporate, and philanthropic resources and support.
Speakers: Tomiquia Moss (All Home), Assemblymember David Chiu (17th Assembly District), María Torres Springer (Ford Foundation), Laura Simpson (Development Services Department, City of Hayward)
Moderator: Mayor Libby Schaaf (City of Oakland MTC Commissioner)
Virtual Policy Breakfast: Speaker Series
May 15: Piecing it together: City, county, and state working together to respond to COVID-19 Housing
Time: 9:00am-10:15 AM
The coronavirus pandemic is leaving millions in uncertain situations and resulting in a range of severe impacts on Californians, especially our most vulnerable, as the current public health crisis is compounding the pre-existing housing crisis. Each level of government, city, county, and state, is working tirelessly to respond to COVID-19. Join us to learn more about how our leaders are addressing the pandemic as it relates to housing, and their goals and efforts in a post COVID-19 world.
Speakers: Senator Jerry Hill, San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine, and Redwood City Councilmember Giselle Hale
Moderator: Xiomara Cisneros (Bay Area Council)
Missed this event? No worries! Click here to see a live recording of it!
May 22: Emergency Housing in COVID-19
Time: 9:00am-10 AM
Speakers: Tomiquia Moss (All Home), Mike Callagy (San Mateo County County Manager)
Moderator: Leora Tanjuatco-Ross (HLC Associate Director)
Missed this event? No worries! Click here to see a live recording of it!
Affordable Housing Podcast
In partnership with Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County’s Affordable Housing Month, Eden Housing has launched the 100th episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast: Addressing the Housing Crisis During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Spotify: https://bit.ly/EdenAHP
iTunes: https://bit.ly/EHAHP
In this 100th episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast, brought to you by Eden Housing, host Joanne Greene speaks to Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-24). Assemblymember Berman speaks about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on affordable housing, and he emphasizes that the crises we’re already facing, including the housing crisis, homelessness crisis, and climate change, have not disappeared. As he says, “we know we did a good job last year of passing policies to protect tenants, but we did not do enough on the housing production side, and we just can’t wait another year.”
Activities
HLC will keep adding more events and engaging opportunities to this page throughout May. E-mail Kara at krivera@hlcsmc.org if you have an idea you’d like to share!
Organize your neighborhood or family to participate in these activities! Share these with us by tagging us on social media or emailing us a picture.
- Chalk Art: What does your community look like? Draw it out!
- Have some extra post-its? Make some window art! Take a picture of your creation and send it to us at krivera@hlcsmc.org.
- I -spy: Place an object of your choosing on your window sill and encourage your neighbors to do the same! When you go on a walk, search for these for these objects and play i-spy with a family member! Click here to see an example of this.
Thank You Sponsors!
Thank you to all of our sponsors for supporting this event! We would not be able to do this without your incredible support.
