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‘Lesson Planning in the Laundry Room': What Housing for Teachers Looks Like
Brookwood Partners is now Rivercrest Partners
‘Lesson Planning in the Laundry Room': What Housing for Teachers Looks Like
Brookwood Partners is now Rivercrest Partners

Education Week — Madeline Will

To respond to both soaring housing costs and staffing shortages, more school districts across the country are getting into the property management business. District leaders say that renting housing units to educators at below-market rates has become an effective recruitment and retention strategy…

Brookwood Partners is now Rivercrest Partners
More Districts Are Building Housing for Teachers. Here’s What to Know.
Brookwood Partners is now Rivercrest Partners
More Districts Are Building Housing for Teachers. Here’s What to Know.
Brookwood Partners is now Rivercrest Partners

Education Week, Madeline Will

School districts have a lot of responsibilities to manage. Some are adding housing to the list. More and more districts across the country are building housing complexes to rent to teachers and other school employees—often at below-market rates and on district-owned land. It’s a recruitment and retention strategy that has been fueled by both rising housing costs and staffing shortages…

Brookwood Partners is now Rivercrest Partners
How a Parking Lot Became a Panacea for This School District’s Housing Crisis
Brookwood Partners is now Rivercrest Partners
How a Parking Lot Became a Panacea for This School District’s Housing Crisis
Brookwood Partners is now Rivercrest Partners

EdSurge, Emily Tate Sullivan

Shirley Cruz used to pass an old parking lot on her way to and from work…Now, Cruz doesn’t drive past it. She lives on it — in a district-owned, newly constructed apartment complex occupied exclusively by the teachers and staff of Jefferson Union High School District…

Brookwood Partners is now Rivercrest Partners

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State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Sponsors Legislation to Accelerate Housing Development for Educators and School Staff
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Sponsors Legislation to Accelerate Housing Development for Educators and School Staff

California Department of Education

…Employee housing has shown to be a highly effective strategy for addressing the school staffing crisis. Jefferson Union High School District in Daly City, an area hard-hit by the high cost of housing, recently opened a 122-unit housing development for staff…

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More School District Consider Affordable Teacher Housing to Reduce Educator Turnover
More School District Consider Affordable Teacher Housing to Reduce Educator Turnover

Campus Safety Magazine, Amy Rock

A Jefferson Union High School District official says building an affordable housing complex for staff has reduced turnover to near zero.

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Breaking ground on 70 affordable housing units for Pacifica teachers
Breaking ground on 70 affordable housing units for Pacifica teachers

KTVU FOX 2, Amanda Quintana

Teachers in Pacifica will soon have access to brand-new housing at the site of a former elementary school…The developer – Brookwood Partners (now Rivercrest Partners) – specializes in using school district properties that are underutilized and turning them into housing…

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Both Bay Area bond measures to build teacher housing appear headed to victory
Both Bay Area bond measures to build teacher housing appear headed to victory

KQED, Adhiti Bandlamudi

School districts in the Peninsula and the South Bay look likely get funding to build teacher housing, according to early returns…

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Novato schools opt into new Marin workforce housing coalition
Novato schools opt into new Marin workforce housing coalition

Marin Independent Journal, Keri Brenner

…At Tuesday’s Novato school board meeting, trustees voted unanimously to accept a feasibility study prepared by their consultant on the use of five district surplus sites for staff housing. The consultant, Chris White of Brookwood Partners (now Rivercrest Partners), outlined possibilities for sites, along with suggestions for financing…

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California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers
California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers

CalMatters, Carolyn Jones

In a flurry of recent legislation and initiatives, California officials are pushing school districts to convert their surplus property into housing for teachers, school staff and even students and families. Some districts have already started; now the state wants every district to become a landlord…

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Rivercrest Partners’ Innovative Solutions for School Districts Maximize Educational Funding
Rivercrest Partners’ Innovative Solutions for School Districts Maximize Educational Funding

Accesswire

Rivercrest Partners, a leading real estate development advisory firm, is re-envisioning the way school districts approach land use and funding. With a focus on school districts throughout California, Rivercrest Partners leverages its private sector experience to bring innovative solutions to the public sector…

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California Schools Keep Losing Teachers. The State Wants to Help Build Homes for Them
California Schools Keep Losing Teachers. The State Wants to Help Build Homes for Them

KQED, Erin Baldassari

To stem an outflow of teachers from schools across the state, California’s Department of Education encourages districts to venture into a different business: housing. Superintendent Tony Thurmond on Tuesday announced an initiative that aims to establish the department as a go-to resource for districts looking to build homes for teachers on their property…

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Novato schools pursue workforce housing to offset staff woes
Novato schools pursue workforce housing to offset staff woes

Marin Independent Journal, Keri Brenner

…Chris White, principal of Oakland-based consulting firm Brookwood Partners (now Rivercrest Partners), told the advisory committee that a 2022 workforce housing project at the Jefferson Union High School District in Daly City eliminated staff vacancies…

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Novato school district picks workforce housing consultant
Novato school district picks workforce housing consultant

Marin Independent Journal, Keri Brenner

…A district committee chose Brookwood Partners (now Rivercrest Partners), which has completed similar projects at other Bay Area school districts, from a group of potential candidates. The committee was composed of Derek Knell, the staff housing development director; Tracy Smith, the superintendent; Joshua Braff, the chief financial officer; attorney James Traber; and Leslie Benjamin, the communications director…

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‘Lesson Planning in the Laundry Room': What Housing for Teachers Looks Like
‘Lesson Planning in the Laundry Room': What Housing for Teachers Looks Like

Education Week — Madeline Will

To respond to both soaring housing costs and staffing shortages, more school districts across the country are getting into the property management business. District leaders say that renting housing units to educators at below-market rates has become an effective recruitment and retention strategy…

Read More →
More Districts Are Building Housing for Teachers. Here’s What to Know.
More Districts Are Building Housing for Teachers. Here’s What to Know.

Education Week, Madeline Will

School districts have a lot of responsibilities to manage. Some are adding housing to the list. More and more districts across the country are building housing complexes to rent to teachers and other school employees—often at below-market rates and on district-owned land. It’s a recruitment and retention strategy that has been fueled by both rising housing costs and staffing shortages…

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How a Parking Lot Became a Panacea for This School District’s Housing Crisis
How a Parking Lot Became a Panacea for This School District’s Housing Crisis

EdSurge, Emily Tate Sullivan

Shirley Cruz used to pass an old parking lot on her way to and from work…Now, Cruz doesn’t drive past it. She lives on it — in a district-owned, newly constructed apartment complex occupied exclusively by the teachers and staff of Jefferson Union High School District…

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California removes hurdles to building teacher housing
California removes hurdles to building teacher housing

EdSource, Diana Lambert

Newly signed legislation loosening zoning requirements will soon make it easier for California school districts to build affordable housing for their teachers and other staff. It is the latest in a series of bills passed by lawmakers over the last seven years to remove hurdles around building teacher housing…

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Interest in district-subsidized teacher housing in California intensifies
Interest in district-subsidized teacher housing in California intensifies

EdSource, John Fensterwald

Next month, 122 teachers and other employees in the Jefferson Union High School District in Daly City will learn if they won a drawing that will allow them to move into a new housing project with below-market rents that their district is building. Nicole Ann Polo hopes to be one of them…

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School district to consider workforce housing
School district to consider workforce housing

Coastside News, Sarah Wright

Cabrillo Unified School District is the latest to look into workforce housing as a way to make up funding gaps, targeting district properties in El Granada and Half Moon Bay as potential sites. At last week’s board meeting, district leaders invited consulting firm Brookwood Group (now Rivercrest Partners) to give an overview of potential property uses and ultimately decided to sign a contract with the consultant…

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