ABOUT US AND OUR HISTORY

Since 1997 HCEB has fulfilled our  this mission by providing housing outreach and support services; developing, owning and operating permanent supportive housing, partnering with other nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies to secure set-asides within larger rental communities.

Throughout our history HCEB has supported people with intelectual and developmental disabilities and, since 2013, HCEB has expanded our scope and capacity to provide interim housing solutions for our unhoused neighbors and people with other disabilities.

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  • Consumers, their families, advocates, and service providers begin meeting to address the housing needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.  This group of dedicated individuals starts using the name Housing Consortium of the East Bay.  

  • HCEB forms its first Board of Directors and establishes the organization as a 501c3 nonprofit organization.  

    Board members and associates work on a volunteer basis with a housing consultant to secure over 300 Section 8 vouchers for individuals and negotiate over 40 units of housing set aside in market-rate apartment buildings for low-income individuals with developmental disabilities. 

    HCEB begins providing tenant liaison service to individuals in set-aside units, ensuring their success in independent housing.  

  • HCEB and Satellite Housing complete Lincoln Oaks Apartments in Fremont, an 11-unit apartment community for adults with developmental disabilities.  Lincoln Oaks received funding from the City of Fremont, Alameda County, CA HCD, and the HUD 811 program.

  • HCEB assumes ownership of the last of 15 renovated single-family homes as part of the Bay Area Housing Plan (BAHP). The houses are located throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and provide permanent homes for 60 individuals with developmental disabilities leaving Agnews Developmental Center as part of its permanent closure.  The BAHP initiates a major move from institutional settings to homes in the community for thousands of people in CA.  

  • HCEB completes Magnolia Terrace in Emeryville, a 5-unit substantial historic rehabilitation that provides permanent housing for individuals with developmental disabilities. 
     
    HCEB begins work on Oakland Project Connect, a partnership with Bay Area Community Services (BACS) to provide housing navigation and case management services for homeless individuals with serious mental illness. 

  • HCEB assumes ownership of the last of 4 renovated single-family homes as part of the Ashland Neighborhood Stabilization Program.  The homes are located in Alameda County and provide permanent shared housing for 14 formerly homeless individuals with serious mental illness.  Another 5 studio apartments were added to the program in Livermore a couple years later.  

    HCEB begins work on North County Supported Independent Living, another partnership with BACS to provide housing navigation and case management services for homeless seniors with serious mental illness. 

  • HCEB assumes ownership of 3 properties from Hello Housing providing homes for 7 previously unhoused persons exiting skilled nursing facilities.  Referrals are received from East Bay Innovations.

  • HCEB and Satellite Affordable Housing Associates begin construction on Jack Capon Villa in Alameda, a 19-unit apartment community for individuals with developmental disabilities.  Construction will be completed in Spring 2014.

  • HCEB and the City of Livermore initiate development of Vineyard 2.0, a unique property and program to address the needs of the unhoused in the TriValley and greater Alameda County.

  • HCEB and the City of Oakland open Lake Merritt Community Cabins providing non-congregate emergency shelter for unhoused persons in the Lake Merritt area of Oakland.  HCEB provides site operations and housing navigation, linking residents to housing options.

  • HCEB works closely with East Bay jurisdictions to create congregate and non-congregate emergency shelter and interim housing programs for the unhoused in Richmond, Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro.

  • Vineyard in Livermore opens, providing 24 permanent supportive housing apartments, a Homeless Resource Center, emergency shelter, and production kitchen and dining room for Open Heart Kitchen. 

  • HCEB and Memar Properties, Inc. partner to acquire and rehab University Homes in Berkeley and Mandela Homes in Oakland, creating a combined 165 permanent supportive housing homes with support from the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, Alameda County, and CA’s Homekey and Community Care Expansion programs.  

    HCEB and the City of San Leandro redeveloped a motel into interim housing and homeless drop-in center through the Homekey program.  The Lewelling program is operated by Building Futures. 

  • HCEB opens Brookfield Senior Gardens in Oakland to provide 40 permanent supportive housing studios for seniors with disabilities who are exiting homelessness.  HCEB partnered with the city of Oakland, Alameda County, and DignityMoves to bring this CA Homekey project to reality.  

BUILDING A COMMUNITY ONE HOME AT A TIME ・

BUILDING A COMMUNITY ONE HOME AT A TIME ・