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L E T T E R S f ro m H O M E
Winter 2016
Hope for the future
Housing Consortium of the East Bay celebrated its double
decade anniversary event “HOME is where HCEB is’’ this
past spring at the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley. HCEB’s
community gathered to reflect on our historic milestones,
discuss plans for a strong future, and honor some of our
partners who have played a large part in our continued
success.
HCEB presented four awards named for our core values:
H ope for the Future award – The San Francisco Foundation
O pportunities for Everyone award – Lincoln Oaks Apartments Community
M aking a Difference award – Linda Gardner (Alameda County HCD) & Robert Ratner
(BHCS)
E ngaged in Community award – BBI Construction
As we reflected on HCEB’s long history of providing quality
housing and services for our community’s most vulnerable
members, we were joined by over 120 community leaders,
industry partners, clients and residents to share an evening
of entertainment hosted by KALW Radio Personality Rose
Aguilar, Aisha Brown of Supervisor Keith Carson’s office, and
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. Guests mingled, savored
delicious treats and sweets, enjoyed live music, played jumbo
indoor games and competed for a wide range of raffle prizes.
HCEB is grateful for all the community support and
engagement we’ve received over the past twenty years. So,
here’s to the next 20!
Please like new Facebook page for more photos and future
updates: www.facebook.com/HOMEatHCEB
Board of Directors
Kristy Feck, President
Cheyenne Purrington, Vice President
Suguna Vepa, Treasurer
Bill Bonville, Secretary
Uta Swiatecki, Member
Daniel Perl, Member
Main Office Staff
Sonja Brooks Project Manager
Cynthia Chen Resident Manager
Lisa Hopkins
Operations Manager
Darin Lounds Executive Director
Jamela Pepin Jack Capon Villa, Service Coordinator
Jeremy Roberts Program Support
Farzan Sharifzada Resident Manager
Claire Thomas Finance Director
Jovan Thomas
Operations Coordinator
Alex Uhlig Program Support
Joan Uhlig
Business Administrator
Housing Fast Support Network (HFSN) Staff
Marichelle Alcantara Senior Site Coordinator
Mark Chang On-site Staff
Nathan Chuong Janitor
Kai Martin Maintenance Tech
Jacee Santos Senior Housing Specialist/External
Relations
Katerina Semaia Site Coordinator
Anjelina Walker Site Coordinator
Home Is Where HCEB Is—
20th Anniversary Celebration
2
Special Thanks to HCEB Contributors
Abigail Mariam Ahmed Al-Kubaisi
Aisha Brown Alain McLaughlin Amina Hopkins
Amy Hiestand Consulting Andra Straight in memory of Arthur
& Beverly Pelow Andrei Wallace
Andy Kruse Ann Smith
Anonymous Athena Sjoberg Barbara Capon Becky Wright Bill Bonville
Brianne Steinhauser Carlos Castellanos
Carole Norris Charu Shah
Cheyenne Purrington Chris Pope Chriss Hess Cindy Freid
Crystal Young Dan McLoughlin
Dan Sawislak Daniel Francis
Daniel Perl Darin Lounds Devin Lounds Deb Batterson Denis Beaman
Dick Bass Dionne Short Earlene Hass
Elizabeth Yost Elke Glendenning
Ener Chiu Erin Wengrofsky
Esti Rogan Eva Liebermann
Eve Stewart Farzan Sharifzada Fathia Macauley
Gangashree Somayajula Gary Sjoberg
Gerald Westheimer Gil Reynoso Gloria Bruce
Henrietta Stanford Herbert Steiner
Hon. Abel Guillen Hon. Dan Kalb
Hon. Libby Schaaf Inge Horton Jack Gardner
Jacqueline Perl Jade Lounds Jagy Pattur
Jamela Pepin James Anthony Jamie Almanza
Jansen Lum Jean Dickinson Jeff Halperin
Jeff Peck Jennifer Mangel
Jennifer Pechacek Jillian Gibbons
Joan Uhlig Jodi Nishimura John Rodriguez Jonah Lounds
Kathleen Sikora Kathy Kohlweck
Kim Shives Kristy Feck
La’a Anthony
Opportunities for everyone
Jack Capon Villa—National Night Out
On Tuesday, August 2, 2016, Jack Capon Villa
participated in our first ever annual National
Night Out. Beyond just being a chance for
residents to get to know each other better,
this was a great opportunity for neighbors,
community members and the police to work
together to discourage unlawful activities in
the area by showcasing the strength of a
close-knit community.
JCV residents, a few community members,
and neighbors enjoyed great company, a
summer barbeque, and even a mini dance
party. It is safe to say
that everyone had a
great time. Later in
the evening, two
officers from the
Alameda Police
Department dropped
by with McGruff the
Crime Dog and his
handler. Everyone was excited to interact
with familiar Officers Leibnitz and Munoz
and happily took pictures with McGruff.
The event was a great success for residents,
neighbors and local crime enforcement,
meeting National Night Out’s objective of
bringing communities together. By holding
these events, we’re able to foster
neighborhood camaraderie and safer
communities. We look forward to doing it
again next year!
HCEB continues to increase our activities in
Contra Costa County. We currently have
affordable, supportive housing properties in
Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill and have
assisted Anka Behavioral Health with
construction of shared housing for homeless
adults with serious mental illnesses.
This year, HCEB began acquiring homes for
people exiting Sonoma Developmental
Center. HCEB's properties, 4 of which are in
central Contra Costa County, will provide
quality, community-based group home
settings for 20 previously institutionalized
adults.
In addition, we are also negotiating the
acquisition of 4 existing supportive housing
properties in Richmond in 2017. HCEB will
manage these properties, and will work with
community partners to increase
neighborhood integration opportunities for
our senior and formerly homeless residents
with serious mental illnesses.
In preparation for HCEB's increased presence
in Contra Costa County, our staff has
engaged in Mental Health Services Act
Stakeholder meetings throughout the
County. Through these meetings, HCEB has
engaged with service providers, advocates,
and consumers. We are excited to take this
big step forward in Richmond, adding these
properties to HCEB's portfolio while bringing
new households into our growing tenant
community.
Increasing our Impact in Contra Costa County
Lauline Mitchell Laurie Earp Lee Bevis
Lillian Lew-Hailer Linda Gardner Lisa Hopkins Lisa Mungin
Luis Rodriguez Maria Ritter/Hans Georg Ritter
Marisa Piovarcsik Mark D. Shahbazian
Marshall Snow Martha Knobler
Mary Nicely Matthew Myers/Natalie Bonnewit
Meher Dhaliwal Michael Chao Mike Beaman
Mildred Frederick Mirna Remson
MJ Flores Moe Wright Nathan Ho
Nelson Dabasa Nesreen Kawar Nick Enzweiler
Nicole Sandoval Nique Santos Harris
Norman Gelndenning/Laura Louis Pati Boyle
Polo Munoz Regina Wong
Rev. Sandhya Jha Rhonda McGlashan
Rick Williams Robert Mills Ron Postrel Rose Aguilar
RoseShall Jackson Ross Culverwell Santhi Raja, MD
Sarah Amboy Sarah Brett
Sarah Burgett Sasha Bainer Scott Mullins
Scott, Marn, Millie Looney Selena Lew
Sharon Cornu Shelley Halperin Sree Kolavennu Sriram Vemuri Stephan Beard
Stephen Shotland Steve Crabiel Suguna Vepa
Susan Friedland Susanne Sjoberg
Tom McCoy Tommie Moreau Tonyya Shculer
Trina Walker Tyaria Wilson Tze-Yan Szeto Uma Vemuri Usha Vajpay
Uta Swiatecki Valerie G. Vivona
Wendy Seider Will Rogan
Wilma Chan
In-Kind Support Linden Street Brewery—Charles
Houston Peet’s Coffee & Tea—Gina Taing
Sweet Adeline Bakeshop—Jennifer Millar
Cate de Heer Jennifer Farinha
3 Making a difference
The Compassionate Communities Pilot
addresses the recent, sharp increase of
street homelessness and encampments in
Oakland. The City initiated the pilot in
October to address short term health
concerns and long term housing needs for
the campers at 35th and Magnolia.
Compassionate Communities strives to
lessen the negative health impacts to
encampment residents by providing basic
services, such as outreach, case
management, portable bathrooms, garbage
pick-up, and health care.
Jacee Santos (HCEB Sr Housing Specialist and
External Relations) and partners from Bay
Area Community Services, Operation Dignity
and the City of Oakland Housing Services
Department are the face and point of
contact for the encampment residents.
Jacee and the team visit the site daily and
provide and coordinate resources, housing
opportunities, and referrals into the Henry
Robinson Multi-Service Center for interim
housing. The pilot is scheduled to end on or
before March 2017, when the last
encampment resident moves inside.
Compassionate Communities—Oakland
In 2011, MHCO and its beautiful, affordable
properties for people with developmental
disabilities joined HCEB. One of those
properties, the Luella Fuller Home, recently
received HUD approval to switch from a
licensed group home to shared, independent
housing.
Luella Fuller Home will welcome its first
independent living residents in
2016. Residents pay 30% of their income
towards rent. The home is 100% accessible
and residents will enjoy spacious units and
beautiful common areas inside and
out. They will be supported by HCEB's
newest Resident Manager, Cynthia Chen,
and service providers vendored by Regional
Center of the East Bay.
Luella Fuller Home: Inspiring Independence
Luella Fuller
In 1943, two decades before the Lanterman Act, Luella Fuller
began tutoring 2 children with intellectual disabilities in her
Oakland home. Once the total number of children rose to
25, MHCO was formed to raise money and fund a brick and
mortar school in San Leandro. The Fuller School rose to
national prominence in a time when people with
developmental disabilities did not have access to traditional education. MHCO's mission later
shifted to providing affordable housing for people with developmental disabilities, and the
Luella Fuller Home was created.
410 7th Street, Suite 203 Oakland, CA 94607
510-832-1382 (p) 510-832-1743 (f) [email protected] www.hceb.org
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Join our Board of Directors, vol-
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munity events, donate house-
hold items to our residents, or
give to our general fund. Be
a part of our HOME!
Letter from Our Board President
Dear Friends,
It’s a happy new year at HCEB! HCEB had a great 20th
birthday party and we
had a lot to celebrate. HCEB is doing more than ever to create inclusive
communities for people with disabilities and special needs through affordable,
accessible housing. We have 236 units housing over 300 individuals
throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties. And we’re not stopping! We
have 50 units coming on line in 2017, and with the passage of local
affordable housing bonds, we hope there’s even more to come. We’re
strengthening our capacity to better serve our communities by going through
the process of becoming a certified property management organization.
Unfortunately, this election season has given us mixed messages. Locally, our
community voiced their commitment to support affordable housing, to end
homelessness and to make sure people with disabilities have full access to
their communities. Nationally, we did not fare as well. There are threats
against all entitlement programs needed by the people we serve - threats to
Medicaid, threats to Section 8. Local non-profits will be called upon more than
ever and HCEB stands ready. Won’t you support us and the people we serve
with a tax deductible donation and make sure everyone has a place to call
home?