{"id":400121,"date":"2026-07-16T01:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/400121\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:37:15","slug":"state-gives-mountain-view-50m-for-housing-transit-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/400121\/","title":{"rendered":"State gives Mountain View $50M for housing, transit projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a windfall for Mountain View, the California Department of Housing and Community Development recently awarded the city $50 million to support an affordable housing project<\/a> and transportation improvements<\/a> on Middlefield Road.<\/p>\n

The City Council authorized the city manager to accept the award last month with the bulk of the funding, $35 million, slated to go to the construction of a seven-story affordable apartment complex at 87 E. Evelyn Ave.<\/a> The item was part of the council\u2019s consent agenda, which is a collection of routine matters meant to be passed in a single vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all care a lot about housing,\u201d Councilmember Pat Showalter said at the June 23 meeting. \u201cWe\u2019ve been recognized as a pro-housing city<\/a>, but this is the largest affordable housing grant that we\u2019ve gotten.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, the city applied for the funding through the state\u2019s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program<\/a>. The initiative seeks to integrate affordable housing near transit.<\/p>\n

As part of the application process, Mountain View partnered with Affirmed Housing, the nonprofit developer building the affordable housing project at 87 E. Evelyn Ave. The lot currently operates as a safe parking site<\/a> for people living in their vehicles.<\/p>\n

In its place, Affirmed Housing is proposing to construct a 268-apartment complex, including 161 apartments for low- and very low-income households. Half of the apartments will be two- and three-bedrooms, according to the city staff report. Construction is expected to begin by mid-December.<\/p>\n

The $35 million will be administered as a loan and will go directly to Affirmed Housing, the staff report said. The rest of the award will be issued as a grant to support program costs for the 87 E. Evelyn project, as well as transportation projects in the city.<\/p>\n

Transportation improvements<\/p>\n

Mountain View also partnered with the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, which operates Caltrain<\/a>, to boost its chances of getting the award. The collaboration paid off, as approximately $14.4 million will be used to fund transportation projects.<\/p>\n

About $8.9 million will cover the purchase of two new train cars to improve service between San Jose and San Francisco, according to the staff report.<\/p>\n

A portion of the grant will also support hyper-local projects, including roughly $5.2 million for transportation improvements on Middlefield Road<\/a>. The award will help fund the design and construction of protected bike lanes between Moffett Boulevard<\/a> and Bernardo Avenue, as well as pedestrian and bicycle upgrades at four intersections: Moffett Boulevard, Easy Street, Tyrella Avenue and North Whisman Road.<\/p>\n

The grant will also cover the installation of 10 new bus shelters near the Evelyn affordable housing site, which will cost $330,000, according to the staff report.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the award will cover program costs associated with the Evelyn housing project, including discounted VTA passes for residents for three years, high-speed internet access for three years, rental assistance and workforce development opportunities, the staff report said.<\/p>\n

This story originally appeared in the Mountain View Voice<\/a>. Emily Margaretten joined the Mountain View Voice in 2023 as a reporter covering City Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a windfall for Mountain View, the California Department of Housing and Community Development recently awarded the city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[380,712,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-400121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-affordable-housing","tag-centerpiece","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}