Santa Cruz County
Affordable Housing Month
May is Affordable Housing Month!
Our Theme for 2025:
Housing for A Stronger Future
During the entire month of May, HSCC brings together our County’s housing partners to host a variety of virtual and in-person events, workshops, webinars, and creative community engagement opportunities to activate and engage our community of housing advocates and the general public around our community’s housing challenges and solutions.
The theme for Santa Cruz County’s Affordable Housing Month 2025 is Housing for a Stronger Future.
We are preparing now for Affordable Housing Month 2025 and invite your participation.
We welcome proposals from throughout Santa Cruz County and encourage people who have ideas for in-person and virtual events to fill out our proposal form. Please don’t wait – proposal spaces fill up quickly, and every Affordable Housing Month builds upon the year before.
We also need sponsors to support AHM 2025, which will help HSCC continue our good work throughout the year. Please fill out our sponsorship form here.
We anticipate great things in 2025 and encourage you to get involved now!
For more information about getting involved with AHM 2025, please email admin@housingsantacruzcounty.com.
Thank you so much for an amazing Santa Cruz County Affordable Housing Month 2024! Last year’s AHM was the biggest that Santa Cruz County has ever seen and we are so thankful to all of our partners, sponsors, and community members for helping to make it happen. Scroll below to see all of the events that happened in 2024 and to see our list of 2024 sponsors.
PAST AHM EVENTS:
Habitat for Humanity - Meet the Families and tour Habitat Homes
Hosted By: Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay
Celebrate Upcoming Affordable Housing Projects at a Groundbreaking Event & Site Tours
Hosted By: City of Santa Cruz Economic Development and Housing Department
Getting to Know Our Housing Challenges and Solutions
Hosted By: Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos
Housing Fireside Chat with YIMBY and Student Housing Coalition
Hosted By: SC YIMBY & Student Housing Coalition
Property Owners and Managers Making a Difference: Appreciation Event
Hosted by: Housing for Health Partnership, Housing Authority of the County of Santa Cruz, and Abode Services
Affordable Housing Programs in Santa Cruz County
Hosted By: Cities of Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Capitola, Scotts Valley, and the County of Santa Cruz
Faith-Based Organizations: Building Affordable Homes and Community
Hosted By: Housing for Health Partnership, Association of Faith Communities, MidPen Housing, and Monterey Bay Economic Partnership
Affordable Housing Panel Discussion @ the Downtown Santa Cruz Library
Hosted by: Santa Cruz Public Libraries & Housing Santa Cruz County
Natural Bridges Apartments Groundbreaking
Hosted by: Housing Authority of Santa Cruz County
The Housing Squeeze: Santa Cruz County's elected leaders tell us how they are responding
Hosted by: Lookout Santa Cruz and Housing Santa Cruz County
Habitat for Humanity Project Tour of Rodeo Creek Court
Hosted by: Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay
We can’t make this happen without our generous Affordable Housing Month Event Presenters and Sponsors. Please click here to submit a proposal. Download our 2025 Sponsorship Form. And please consider supporting our work with an online donation.
“Having an affordable place to call home is essential. It’s essential to our well-being, our ability to grow, and our dignity. It enables our neighbors and cherished communities to raise their children, protect the health of their families, remain a resident in the place they call home, and thrive in all areas of life.”
For more information about regional events: https://www.affordablehousingmonth.org/
*Disclaimer: Inclusion in Housing Santa Cruz County’s Affordable Housing Month Calendar does not necessarily imply endorsement of host organization or event content.
