Investment will go towards building critically needed housing for Half Moon Bay’s farm worker community
HALF MOON BAY, CA – Today Senator Josh Becker (D- Menlo Park) joined San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller, Half Moon Bay Mayor Joaquin Jimenez, Councilmember Debbie Ruddock, and other community leaders to present a check to the City of Half Moon Bay in the amount $2 million to plan and produce affordable housing in the City of Half Moon Bay that directly supports current and future generations of Half Moon Bay and Coastside farmworkers. The funding will go towards the Senior and Farmworker Housing project located at 555 Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay, which will include 40 new affordable homes, in cooperation with Mercy Housing and Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS).
“The agricultural community is the backbone of our region, and to ensure that that community thrives, we need to start with the basics that have been overlooked for too long,” said Senator Becker. “This $2 million will go toward the city’s efforts in planning and developing affordable, senior farmworker housing. For the past two years, I have been working with the city and ALAS to call attention to the needs of farmworkers while decrying the lack of dedicated resources to improve their living conditions, and I am so happy that we are able to support this new housing development.”
Mercy Housing California and ALAS are the developer team leading the affordable, senior farmworker housing development located on City-owned land at 555 Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay. This project includes 40 units of affordable multi-family rental housing and community spaces, as well as approximately 2,000 square feet of space for a farmworker resource center to be managed by ALAS. As a senior project, this development promises to provide stable housing and supportive resources to a vulnerable population of aging farmworkers. The applicant team is working closely with the City to complete entitlements in 2024. Additional information about this project can be found at www.hmbcity.com/555kelly.