Help us open the door
because everyone deserves a place to live and a chance to succeed.
We use transformative housing finance and public and private partnerships to create more equitable and affordable communities. As a certified CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution), we lead the greater Bay Area in delivering innovative financial solutions and creating a strong affordable housing market.
Our Impact is Here at Home
$590M
Invested in Affordable Housing
26,800
Housing Opportunities Created Since 2000
50,051
People Helped to Find Housing
$7.8B
Leveraged by Our Partners
Learn More About Our Impact!
This past fiscal year has been a busy one across the 14-county greater Bay Area and Sacramento, with the Apple Affordable Housing Fund, Google’s Launch Initiative, Supportive Housing Fund, TECH Fund, Sonoma County Housing Fund, Monterey Bay Housing Trust, and more.
Great Minds Tackle Big Challenges
Using innovation and strong partnerships to tackle the Bay Area housing crisis
Investment Opportunities
Our innovative investment options help make our communities affordable, sustainable, and vibrant.
Developer Financing
When developers partner with a lender, affordable housing becomes a reality.
Homeownership Assistance
We believe communities prosper when people can own a home in places that matter to them.
News and Updates
Just Funded
Have you heard? We’ve invested $590+ million in affordable housing throughout the greater Bay Area region and helped more than 50,000 underserved neighbors! On top of that, we Just Funded two new projects: Residences at Liberation Park in Oakland and 200 & 290 B Street in Santa Rosa. Learn about these projects, the partnerships that…
Read All About it! The latest Housing Trust News is Live!
Read all about it! Our Housing Trust Newsletter is live: https://conta.cc/48HP9RS! In this edition, we are excited to share our latest impact numbers (spoiler alert: we’ve invested $590 million in affordable housing!), just funded projects, groundbreakings, and so much more! #AffordableHousing#CDFI#Community#HousingforAll
Celebrating Charities Housing’s Montecito Groundbreaking
The City of Mountain View is about to open the door to more affordable housing with a new project breaking ground at 1265 Montecito Avenue! A ceremony today featured our CFO and Head of Partnerships and Strategy, Julie Mahowald, who spoke about the power of the partnership between Charities Housing Development, Housing Trust, City of…