Affordable Housing & Housing Support in Anderson Valley

Housing Perspectives

Boonville Apartments Generator project

The Community Foundation of Mendocino County awarded a Resiliency and Preparedness Grant to the Anderson Valley Housing Association (AVHA) on April 2021 for a generator that would enable the Boonville Apartments to maintain access to its well water during power outages.

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Marco Alvarez
Proposition 21

The ballot measure would replace the 1995 Costa-Hawkins law. Before Costa-Hawkins, local governments were allowed to enact rent control so long as landlords received just and reasonable rents. Costa-Hawkins mandated some rent control exemptions, such as for housing that was first occupied after…

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Marco Alvarez
AVHA Appeal - 2020

The AV Housing Association, like everyone, everywhere these days, is in a coronavirus pickle. We know that, in addition to the health peril, everyone’s finances are taking it on the chin as well, but we’re writing to ask that if you are in a position to help, to please consider making a springtime contribution to the AVHA maintenance fund. We provide low-income family housing (at the Boonville Apartments on Highway 128) and single farm worker housing (at Las Viviendas on Rays Road), for a total of 42 people, and we have several urgent maintenance issues…

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Marco Alvarez
AVHA Update - 2019

This year has seen several maintenance and repair projects at the Boonville Apartments and at Ray's Road. The single men's housing at Ray's Road got a flooring upgrade with new vinyl tile to replace the chipped and peeled up flooring. This makes it much easier for the guys who live there to keep the floor clean, and helps to create a sense of pride in the shared areas of the house…

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Torrey Douglass