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Kate Comfort Harr & Senator Josh Becker

HIP Housing would like to thank Senator Josh Becker, District 13, for selecting our organization as a 2025 California Nonprofit of the Year! We are very proud to receive the distinction and are one of more than 100 nonprofits honored by their state senators and assembly members for their outstanding contributions to the communities they serve. To celebrate the honor, our Executive Director, Kate Comfort Harr, and Director of People and Culture, Katie McDonald, were in attendance at the Capitol Mall in Sacramento on May 21 for the 10th annual California Nonprofits Day Luncheon. You can learn more about the day and the other nonprofits recognized

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Groundbreaking For Cherry Street Commons Affordable Housing In San Carlos, San Mateo County

Construction has started for Cherry Street Commons, a new five-story affordable housing complex at 1232-1244 Cherry Street in San Carlos, San Mateo County. The development is expected to bring nearly three dozen units for low-income families, developed by the joint partnership of Eden Housing and HIP Housing. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by the project team alongside Mayor Sara McDowell, Congressman Kevin Mullen, State Senator Josh Becker, and Assemblymember Diane Papan.

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San Carlos breaks ground on affordable housing

Members of the San Carlos City Council, housing developers and local leaders celebrate the groundbreaking of a 33-unit affordable housing development on Cherry Street. From left, Vanessa Rodriguez, head of Community Lending and Investment Commercial Real Estate for Wells Fargo; councilmembers Neil Layton, John Dugan and Pranita Venkatesh; Linda Mandolini, chief executive office of Eden Housing; Kate Comfort Harr, executive director of HIP Housing; Mayor Sara McDowell; U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco; former Councilmember Ron Collins; and Cheryl O’Connor, vice chair of the Eden Housing Board of Directors. Ana Mata/Daily Journal

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