Menlo Park and the rest of the Bay Area have a severe housing shortage, displacement, and affordability crisis. More well-designed and well-located homes must be built to alleviate our region's housing problems.

That's why the Housing Action Coalition is proud to support an innovative new project at Willow Village that would bring 1,730 much-needed homes to the city of Menlo Park.

To get these homes built, we need your help!

Send a letter to the Menlo Park City Council to express your support for Willow Village by simply clicking on the “START WRITING” button, and a form letter will appear that you can send as-is or edit.

Some of the project's many highlights include:

1) Transforms old office space into a place for affordable homes. This project replaces 1970s outdated R&D office space over 59 acres with a mixed-use project that includes 1,730 new homes. Approximately 18% will be subsidized affordable, which is more than 300 Affordable homes, and will increase the city’s existing affordable housing stock by approximately 60%. Of these, up to 120 homes will be reserved for seniors providing much needed senior housing at the Very Low-Income and Extremely-Low Income levels.

2) Delivers badly needed amenities to the local community. Willow Village is a community-facing mixed-use site that provides the Belle Haven neighborhood vital community amenities and benefits such as a grocery store, pharmacy services, space for local retailers, significant public open space, and a town square.

3) Ensures that resources are accessible. The community park above Willow Road near Hamilton Avenue connects directly to the Town Square, providing convenient access for neighbors to walk and bike while improving traffic circulation on Willow.

4) Utilizes sustainable building and design practices. This project is built to LEED Gold standards meaning that buildings will be equipped with 100% electric power, use recycled water, sustainable materials, and increased photovoltaics.

Send a letter to urge the Menlo Park City Council to move this project forward!