The largest housing development by Community Housing Partnership is in Hayes Valley, on a site formerly occupied by the Central Freeway. Named after the founders of Marcus Books, the oldest independent African-American bookstore in the country, Drs. Julian and Raye Richardson Apartments is home to 120 formerly homeless individuals, and includes space for a social-venture bakery and cafe that provides employment training and jobs to building tenants. CHP partnered with Mercy Housing California to develop this project, Community Housing Partnership is the owner and operator of the building.
S.F. low-income housing complex wins design awards
The San Francisco Chronicle, May 23, 2012
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Richardson Apartments wins national design awards from the American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects, May 19, 2012
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Richardson Apartments wins national landscaping awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects
The American Society of Landscape Architects, April 30, 2012
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Winner / best residential, affordable: Drs. Julian & Raye Richardson Apartments
San Francisco Business Times, March 23, 2012
The San Francisco Business Times honored Community Housing Partnership & Mercy Housing CA with the affordable housing “Real Estate Deal of Year Award” for Drs. Julian & Raye Richardson Apartments. This is a great honor for CHP and demonstrates that supportive housing can be comparable to market rate housing.
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Andrea Cochran designs spaces across incomes
San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 2012
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Drs. Julian and Raye Richardson Apartments
Architect Magazine, January 11, 2012
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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Graces the New Richardson Apartments in Hayes Valley
San Francisco Citizen, November 28, 2011
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Projects show architects' skills, social concern
San Francisco Chronicle, October 2, 2011
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365 Fulton Exposed
Socketsite, June 14, 2011
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Raymond James, Citi Invest in S.F. Project
Affordable Housing Finance, May 5, 2010
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