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MidPen Housing was founded in 1970. MidPen has built over 130 affordable housing communities and manages over 9,000 units across 12 counties in Northern California. To maintain the high quality of our properties, in 1981 MidPen Housing established MidPen Property Management Corporation, an affiliated management company, to manage our properties.
To qualify for an apartment, applicants must meet certain criteria as required by the funding sources, which includes income limits based on household size. Income and rent limits are based on the Santa Clara County Area Median Income (AMI), which is updated annually.
Applications will be accepted during an open application period. After the close of the application period any applicable priorities and preferences will be applied and a lottery will be conducted to establish applicants’ positions on the waiting list. Applications will then be processed based on the order of that waiting list and applicants will be contacted for an interview. Applicants will be screened for credit and criminal history at that time.
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If you or someone you know is looking for a currently available affordable housing unit, please visit MidPen Housing’s website under our “Find Housing” page: https://www.midpen-housing.org/find-housing/
Find more information here: sunnyvale.ca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/1910/637821539276000000