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Perspectives on Housing in Sonoma County
Prohousing Update, October 2022
Joshua Shipper has joined Generation Housing as our new Director of Special Initiatives. Joshua’s first charge will be to...
October 2022, message from Executive Director, Jen Klose
Dear Neighbors, While many housing challenges are similar no matter where you live in the state or even the country, those...
Caritas Village Grand Opening Highlight
The team at Generation Housing attended the grand opening event of Caritas Village, a first-of-its-kind model to address...
Policy Update September 2022
What’s Happening Locally? Housing element season is in full swing here in Sonoma County. So far, the City of Santa Rosa,...
Fred Allebach
HOUSING EXPERIENCE: Fred and his wife moved to the unincorporated east side of Sonoma in 2006 and have lived in the same...
Maricela
When Maricela and her husband migrated to the U.S. to give their daughters more opportunities in life, they didn’t expect...
Jacque
Jacque moved to Rohnert Park in 2014 when she transferred to Santa Rosa Junior College. While in college, she rented...
Stephen
Stephen’s family owns a small winery in Southern Sonoma. So when Stephen graduated from college in May of last year and...
Adinah
Adinah spent many years struggling to secure affordable housing in Sonoma County. A Bay Area native, she and her son moved...
Nathan
After working in the air force for nine years, Nathan moved to Sonoma County to start his post-military life. Because of...
Featured Spotlights
Michael Allen | Board Member
Generation Housing welcomes our newest board member, Michael Allen! Michael was born and raised in Los Angeles by his Latina mother who immigrated...
Calum Weeks | Policy Director
Calum (Cal) Weeks is an energetic, passionate, community-minded professional that brings over 5 years of experience building partnerships among...
Dr. Pedro Avila | Board Member
Dr. Pedro Avila is the Vice President of Student Services at Santa Rosa Junior College and one of Generation Housing’s Board Members. Dr. Avila has...
Larry Florin | Board Member
Larry Florin is the CEO and President of Burbank Housing, one of Generation Housing’s first founding members. For 40 years, Burbank has built,...
Stephanie Picard Bowen | Operations & Development Director
Stephanie Picard Bowen brings nearly a decade of experience working in the nonprofit world and most recently as a Project Manager at a general...
Melissa Gomez | Communications Coordinator
Melissa Gomez Esquivias was born in Santa Rosa and raised in Tepatitlan, Mexico, returning to Petaluma at age 7. At a young age, Melissa became...
Member Spotlight – Cory Maguire
Cory Maguire joined Terra Firma Global Partners in 2012 as a Senior Sales Associate and has since advanced her position to Associate Partner. Her...
Renewal Enterprise District (RED)
Generation Housing and numerous community partners have come together to advocate for the use of the PG&E wildfire settlement funds to invest in...
Peter Rumble | Board Member
Peter Rumble serves as CEO of the Santa Rosa Metro Chamber, where he provides leadership and coordination on critical issues including housing,...
Stephanie Manieri | Board Member
A Santa Rosa native, Stephanie Manieri was raised in the Southwest part of town. The daughter of immigrants from Mexico and Venezuela, Stephanie is...