Home Is Where Health Begins: How Affordable Housing Protects the Well-Being of St. Helena There is a moment anyone who has worried about losing their home knows well. It arrives at 2 a.m., when the bills don’t add up. It follows you to work — into the classroom, the vineyard, Read more…
Meet Board President Polly Ogden Every town is shaped by the people willing to show up for it over time. At Our Town St Helena (OTSH), one of those people is Board President Polly Ogden. Polly has served on the OTSH board for about four years addressing the growing housing Read more…
Meet Ramona & Iliana Ramona has lived in St. Helena since she was an early teen, when she moved to the United States with her family 35 years ago. She attended Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School and St. Helena High School and has built her life in this community. She Read more…
2026 California Affordable Housing Production Pipeline Nearly 40,000 affordable homes that could serve more than 432,000 low-income households over the next 55 years are awaiting final funding to begin construction in California, according to Enterprise research. While the 2026 California Affordable Housing Pipeline shows strong development momentum, the analysis makes Read more…
Why the Gambles Took a Gamble on 951 Pope Street When OTSH and its partner, Napa Valley Community Housing, were in the throes of assembling financing for the approved 963 Pope Street project, the adjacent property at 951 Pope Street came on the market. OTSH founder John Sales met with Read more…
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 is easy to forget about how our town has evolved. Read more…
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 County do not have access to an affordable home. Renters 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…
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…
