Posts filed under: Casa Del Maestro
Four exceptional workforce housing developments were selected from a large field of high-quality submissions for the 2009 Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Awards program. Members of the ULI Terwilliger National Advisory Board served as the jurors for this...
Via: California Construction The Santa Clara Unified School District reports that the second phase of Casa del Maestro, the District’s award-winning workforce housing community, has been completed. Phase II of Casa del Maestro, Spanish for “house of the teacher,” adds...
Date: 09.26.2008 Publication: San Jose Bizjournal Author: Sharon Simonson Developer Bruce Dorfman says his Mill Valley company, Thompson/Dorfman Partners LLC, hasn’t made money building affordable apartments for the Santa Clara Unified School District in the past eight years. The apartments...
Publication: KGO-TV SAN FRANCISCO, CA Author: Lisa Amin Two hours after the last school bell rang, dozens of Santa Clara Unified School teachers gathered to take part in a lottery. It’s not money they want, but a chance to save...
Getting Schooled Date: 07.18.2008 Publication: RE Business Online Author: Cara Aliek In 2001, Thompson | Dorfman completed Phase I of Casa del Maestro, the first faculty housing community built for a public school district in California. Santa Clara Unified School...
Publication: GlobeSt.com Author: Brian K. Miller SANTA CLARA, CA- The Santa Clara Unified School District says it will develop additional affordable housing for teachers this year after finding that its first project — the first faculty housing community built for...
Publication: BuilderOnline.com Author: Steve Zurier Under the right conditions, home builders will gladly work closely with communities to build affordable housing. “Affordable housing is good for the community, good for the city, and good for us,” says David Weekley, chairman...
Publication: Urban Land Institute Casa del Maestro, Santa Clara, California With some of the most expensive housing in the country, Santa Clara County has difficulties attracting and retaining teachers. Please click here to read the entire article [pdf] !...
Publication: New Straits Times (Malaysia) Author: Lim Lay Ying Date: Jan 14, 2006 Every year, the Government sets aside a hefty allocation of funds from the nation’s annual Budget for the provision of affordable housing. This year, in addition to...
Publication: New York Times, National Perspectives Author: Lisa Chamberlain Date: Dec. 19, 2005 Santa Clara, Calif. AIMEE BRINKS, a teacher in her late 20’s, lives by herself in a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with a private garage and patio in the...
