Napa Valley Community Housing

Did you see TODAY'S Napa Valley Register? NVCH's workforce housing community is the lead story on the front page: 77 units planned at Monarch Landing with completion targeted for 2022. https://bit.ly/3qbyyA0

Did you see Chris Craiker's article in today's Napa Valley Register? "Napa Resists Providing Its Housing Share" https://bit.ly/3rUS7xW. Informative, fact-based, thought-provoking info about Napa's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).

THANK YOU Napa Valley CanDo's GiveGuide DONORS! As we start the new 2021 year, we're grateful for the generosity and support of the Napa Valley community during the 2020 Give!Guide. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

Give!Guide Day 31 The 2020 Napa Valley CanDo's GiveGuide ENDS AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! For those who have already donated to NVCH, THANK YOU! For those who are thinking of donating, GO FOR IT! we’ll thank you in the new year!! If you have the ability and can donate to other nonprofits, there are 57 LOCAL, hard-working and important nonprofits in the Give!Guide, something for everybody’s interests: education, animal welfare, arts, environment, health/wellness, youth/seniors: ...Please give, thank you. Napa Valley CanDo's GiveGuide https://www.candogiveguide.org//napa-valley-community-hou/ #CanDoGiveGuide, #napavalleygiveguide, #NVCH

Give!Guide Day 30: NVCH’s Resident Services During COVID. Our Resident Services Team is working on a record number of Rental Assistant Applications which require scanned ID’s, social security numbers, birth certificates for minors, pay stubs and bank statements from our residents. Once that documentation is secured, our Team is helping residents navigate the application process with Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund, News - Domestic Violence & Sexual Abuse Services, Napa Valle...y Community Foundation, and the California Coalition for Rural Housing - CCRH to secure funding for rent. Our Team is also managing increased calls for domestic violence, neighbor disputes and food insecurity. This is the reality when social isolation due to COVID is mandated or required. Through it all, our team patiently and expertly assists our residents and are re-building the traditional but soon-to-be virtual programs and classes. We believe everyone needs a home and once they have an NVCH home, our Resident Services Team is there to assist with medical, educational, financial, social and emotional needs. Please join us TODAY or TOMORROW the 2020 Give!Guide ends midnight Dec 31! We have a matching funds campaign for every $1 you donate, we get $2! Napa Valley CanDo's GiveGuide https://www.candogiveguide.org #CanDoGiveGuide, #napavalleygiveguide, #NVCH

We love seeing young, energetic and professional nonprofit team members recognized for their excellent work. Congratulations!

Last week, Napa Valley Register ran a front page story on a Napa grandmother who waited 10 years for a home to call her own: https://bit.ly/3jskf66 The housing crisis is real. This week, NVCH held a Zoom Meet & Greet with Shetland Avenue neighbors to share information and hear what they liked about their neighborhood and what improvements they'd like to see. It's our first step towards the development of a new affordable community in the City of Napa. ... We're working on housing solutions, come join us. #NVCH

Voice mail messages like this one from a resident to Marlene Santiago, VP of Resident Services, make our day: "Hi Ms. Santiago my name is ______ ... and Norma gave me your number so I could call call you and thank you and thank you so much. I came home with six bags of groceries today and I only spent $100. I'm going to spend 100 you know perhaps a month because I can't live on what they gave you for other food... Anyway I just wanted to thank you so much...and you have a good day. Okay bye bye."

Our neighbors, our residents are struggling... Many low-wage workers in the hospitality and agriculture industries who have seen their income drop during the pandemic are now facing further economic losses as well as evacuations due to the fires, said Susana Garcia, with the social equity nonprofit On The Move. It’s just very unfortunate to see pretty much the same families getting hit after hit after hit, and to be impacted in this way, said Garcia, who directs a progr...am that has channeled private donations to hundreds of undocumented residents in Napa since the pandemic began. On The Move more...https://www.kqed.org//wine-country-fires-yet-another-blow-

Napa Valley cities, please take note

California is #1 (unfortunately) in the nation's ranking of real-world poverty rankings which takes into account an area's high cost of living, particularly for housing. According to Dan Walters, of CalMatters: "These are outrageous numbers, driven by bureaucratic tangles, misplaced environmental restrictions and high mandated labor costs, and unless state officials do something about them, we will never solve our housing shortage and we will continue to have shamefully high rates of poverty.' The full article ran in today's Napa Valley Register, read more here: https://bit.ly/3hW7Arj

Napa Housing Coalition is hosting a Candidate Forum with City of Napa Mayoral and City Council candidates. Thursday, Sept 24, 6-8pm. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation provided. Register here for Zoom: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5C5pYfUNSmmqAh5lSn8jhw

Sooooo excited! Not one, but TWO nonprofits working on affordable housing in Napa County - Napa Valley Community Housing & Our Town St. Helena are part of the 2020 Give!Guide. Let's GO!

WE'RE HIRING! NVCH is looking for an energetic and detail oriented Compliance Assistant. See attached Job Description and Employment Application for details. Interested? Please submit a letter of interest and resume to [email protected], fax: 707-255-0252, mail: 150 Camino Dorado, Napa, CA 94558

Erica Roetman Sklar leading NVCH's virtual team meeting as NVCH's new President/CEO. Meet our amazing essential team members working to keep our nearly 1900 residents safe during the pandemic.

Rotating Power Outages forecasted tonight. Here's a PG&E Look-Up tool to see if you're affected...

NVCH is sending high fives to Our Town St. Helena for their progress on Brenkle Court affordable housing. Bravo!