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Where Working Families Live in St. Helena

Where Working Families Live in St. Helena Change usually comes slowly to St Helena, which is one of the many advantages of living in a small town. As we marvel at the incredible natural beauty that still surrounds us, it Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 22 hoursMay 22, 2025 ago
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2025 Housing Needs Report for Napa County

2025 Housing Needs Report for Napa County The California Housing Partnership recently published an annual report utilizing statewide and county-level data to illustrate housing needs. Some of the key findings for Napa County include: 3,395 low-income renter households in Napa Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 22 hoursMay 22, 2025 ago
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Our Town St. Helena Newsletter March 2025

By Our Town St. Helena, 3 monthsMarch 1, 2025 ago
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Our Town St. Helena Newsletter  August 2024

 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. Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 10 monthsAugust 2, 2024 ago
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How Much Do You Need to Earn to Afford to Live in Napa Valley? 

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 Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 10 monthsJuly 30, 2024 ago
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Our Town St. Helena Newsletter February 2024

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, Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 1 yearFebruary 29, 2024 ago
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The Positive Influence of Affordable Housing on Health

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 Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 1 yearFebruary 5, 2024 ago
Brenkle Court Families

Brenkle Court Homeowners Team Up In Local Soccer Tournament

They teamed up to help build each other’s homes—now they’ve teamed up to score some goals. Brenkle Court FC poses for a photo during the 28th Annual Holiday Cup at Epicenter Sports City in Santa Rosa. Homeowners at Brenkle Court, Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 1 yearFebruary 1, 2024 ago
our town st helena building affordable housing at Brenkle court
Affordable Housing

Our Town St. Helena Newsletter July 2023

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE A St. Helena landlord I know recently had an apartment for rent in town. It was a 2-bedroom, 1-bath, upstairs unit with one assigned parking space. The monthly rent is $1,850 and the landlord covers water and Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 2 yearsJuly 30, 2023 ago
Affordable Housing

Here’s Why It Takes So Long and Costs So Much to Build Affordable Housing for Working Families

Developing affordable housing is more expensive and takes longer to build than market-rate homes. But why? Here are the major challenges Our Town St. Helena (OTSH) faces as we develop our Pope Street Workforce Housing project (10 units) and the Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 2 yearsJune 14, 2023 ago

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