Throughout May, housing advocates and allies across the Bay Area are joining together through a series of in-person and virtual events including interactive discussions, trainings, art shows, and more!
Check out local events in your area to join us in imagining and unlocking a new future for the Bay Area, one where everyone has a safe place to call home.
Want to see even more events happening in your area? Follow the buttons below to see our partner events happening in the Bay Area by region!
The NPH Affordable Housing Leadership Awards honor those who have made a lasting impact in our communities through dedication, innovation, and leadership.
With the majority of Bay Area cities now having certified Housing Elements—state-mandated plans outlining how they will address local housing needs—the focus must now shift to implementation. How can we ensure these commitments lead to real action?
Join SV@Home to learn in community about BIG solutions to housing affordability in the region and celebrate the start of Affordable Housing Month in Santa Clara County!
Hear from the developers themselves on the decisions they made and see their new project up close. A light dinner in the building's community room will be offered to all registrants as we finish the tour.
Come see what it looks like to live in cohousing neighborhoods in the East Bay.
Join EBHO in Oakland for a night of food, drinks, networking with others interested in creating a better East Bay, and honoring several of our Affordable Housing Heroes.
This FREE event will allow homeowners who are interested in building an ADU speak directly with industry professionals.
Welcome to SV@Home’s Annual Women Leading in Housing Annual Brunch as part of their 2025 Affordable Housing Month!
Join SV@Home in-person for an empowering afternoon that will sharpen your understanding of affordable housing.
Join Alta Housing for a special event highlighting how our Alta Housing's property management team and MHA's resident services, come together to create thriving, inclusive communities.
Across the Bay Area, cities have made dozens of policy commitments in their housing elements to promote affordable homes and protect tenants over the next seven years. In order to help enforce these commitments, the Housing Leadership Council has created a crowd-sourced policy tracker listing every major policy in every housing element throughout San Mateo County.
Making the Difference will convene community-based organizations, health and social service providers, policy makers, and community members to examine emerging issues and explore solutions that will improve health and life outcomes for older people in Alameda County.
Join SV@Home in person at Open San Jose on Thursday, May 30th at 3:00 PM for an empowering afternoon that will sharpen your understanding of affordable housing.
This fall, Californians have a chance to help address this issue by voting for an affordable housing regional bond that will increase our supply of affordable housing in the Bay Area.
Article 34 is a segregationist-era article in the CA constitution that has stayed in the books and blocked affordable housing construction statewide for over 70 years. Learn more about the history of A34 and why it needs to go!
Join CCHO for a panel presentation with Community Housing Organizations and City Agencies that will uplift the history of Single Room Occupancy Hotels (SROs) and explore options to ensure the long term success of the city’s SRO housing stock.
CCHO will host a Generational Wealth Workshop that seeks to advise BIPOC homeowners in Districts 10 and 11 on how to tap into their home equity to create generational wealth.
SV@Home welcomes current and future generations of womxn housing leaders to come together in a supportive community, as we progress towards establishing inclusive, safe, and nurturing spaces for everyone to flourish in.
In celebration of Affordable Housing and National Small Business Month, please join NPH alongside Swinerton for an exciting, educational networking event focused on Assembly Bill 2873, which promotes diversity within affordable housing suppliers.
Housing the Bay is back for a seventh year and now is our chance to lean into this unique moment in time and shape a future for the Bay Area with more housing for more people at all income levels. ULI’s theme and this year’s content will capture just that as we Navigate the Now and Reimagine the Future.
CCHO is kicking off 2024’s Affordable Housing Month with music, food, camaraderie, and the Annual Choo Choo Housing Justice Awards where we honor community leaders across the city.
Storytelling, active listening, data collection, inclusive design charrettes, and social events can all play a part in revealing new possibilities in the site and community, going deeper than disagreements about taste and form to address priorities, program, and how the building can strengthen its context.
Join SV@Home on Friday, May 3rd, 12:00 PM, for a celebration of community and an engaging learning opportunity at Open San Jose.
Every year NPH recognizes inspiring leaders at our Annual NPH Affordable Housing Leadership Awards. This celebration is an opportunity to honor Bay Area housers who’ve worked to strengthen our affordable housing movement with innovation, collaboration, and inclusiveness with a focus on racial equity.
Get ready to party with EBHO! Their annual Kickoff Celebration is our biggest event of the year, and this year we are thrilled to celebrate a momentous milestone—their 40th anniversary!
Join EBHO on Thursday, January 25th for the first in a series of monthly Lunch & Learn events that will be held throughout their anniversary year.
Hear from a panel of experts with Villages for All, Avenidas, Dept of Aging and Adult Services, SCC Dept. of Aging and Adult Services and more about Resources for Older Adults as we age in place.
Join this expert panel for a discussion of the current state and potential future of social housing in California. Panelists will react to currently proposed legislation and provide their views on social housing and the provision of housing as a human right.
Learn about funding for childcare facilities and how co-location plays a role in child-friendly communities.
A workshop to bring environmental and housing leaders together.
Build it Green, SV@Home, and Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County invite you to a panel discussion and mini workshop on equitable housing decarbonization for Affordable Housing Month.
Join for Housing Elements & You: Next Steps for Affordable Housing on Tuesday, May 23, 4-5:30 pm for an innovative conversation about the Housing Element process in San Mateo County.
An opportunity to bring leaders from houses of worship together to discuss opportunities for building affordable housing.
As part of Affordable Housing Month, take a trip with us and look at Options For Age-Friendly Affordable Housing Preservation on site!
Then join Silicon Valley Independent Living Center as they showcase and discuss some simple modifications and use of ability tools that can increase mobility, independence and safety in one’s home.
Join this workshop to learn more about how public land can be used for the public good, how your jurisdiction can lead in building workforce and social housing, and how the state legislature can support these initiatives throughout the state of California.
AWỌ’s “A Place To Call Home Series” will attempt to focus on finding common ground and create space for those who don’t have homes.
One critical solution to strengthen our communities and protect tenants from losing their homes is the Tenant or Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, which is being proposed by cities and counties across California. We’re bringing together community organizers, policymakers, government officials, and affordable housing experts who have been on the front lines of drafting and adopting the act.
You're invited to the Groundbreaking Celebration of Madrone Terrace, a new 100% affordable housing development in Ashland.
A panel discussion among Bay Area regional leaders and coalitions about intersecting policies on housing, transportation, and equity.
