Letter to the Editor By Polly Ogden, OTSH President I was sad to learn about the recent passing of Carl Doumani (“Longtime Napa winemaker Carl Doumani dies,” May 8). Carl was an ardent supporter of workforce housing and of Our Town St. Helena, our local nonprofit affordable housing organization. A few Read more…
We are incredibly grateful to St. Helena United Methodist Church for their generous donation to Our Town St Helena! This gift, made possible by their “Around the World in 80 Minutes” concert during their Sunday Salon event, will directly support our mission to create affordable housing in our community. A Read more…
Supporters say it takes a village to build affordable housing in St. Helena — a village with lots of money, time and determination. Ten years of work culminated in Monday’s official groundbreaking of a 10-unit affordable housing project at 951/963 Pope St. For families struggling to find a home in Read more…
All aboard for a new chapter! In preparation for the start of construction of the Pope Street Workforce Housing Project, this historic McKeen railway car, which has long been stored on the property at 963 Pope Street, is now on its way to a fresh start. McKeen railcar enthusiast Madison Read more…
A Mid Year Message August 2024 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE It has been a productive and exciting year so far, and we want to take this opportunity to update you on what we’ve been working on and the progress we’ve made. Pope Street Workforce Housing We are nearly fully funded Read more…
How Much Do You Need to Earn to Afford to Live in Napa Valley? Napa County recently commissioned the State of Housing in Napa Valley report, prepared by Generation Housing (aka Gen H). And the California Housing Partnership recently published the Napa County 2024 Affordable Housing Needs Report. We want Read more…
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE It’s exciting to leap into 2024 as a year of building for Our Town St. Helena (OTSH), which takes on many forms. Building on Our Momentum After several years of predevelopment work and assembling multiple funding sources, this year OTSH will begin constructing 9 new rental apartments Read more…
As wages stagnate and rents continue to rise across the U.S., lower-income renters are increasingly vulnerable to being housing cost-burdened, meaning more than 30 percent of their earnings are spent on housing costs. As a result, they are more frequently threatened with eviction due to their inability to pay rent. Read more…
