Marin Workforce Housing Trust

The Marin Workforce Housing Trust is a unique public/private partnership that has been created to meet the challenges of housing affordability for workers in Marin County. Through our revolving loan fund, we provide low-interest rate loans to nonprofit and for-profit developers who are constructing homes affordable to lower income families, as well as special needs populations.

We target our loans to fill critical gaps in existing affordable housing finance – as “first-in” money to purchase land, secure sites and fund pre-development work and as “last-in” money to close the funding gap for developments that otherwise would not be able to be built. Once construction is complete, the loans are repaid and reinvested in other workforce housing developments. Thus the Marin Workforce Housing Trust provides a self-replenishing vehicle for affordable housing investment.

Every dollar that is contributed to the Housing Trust is matched by both the Marin Community Foundation and the County of Marin, thereby tripling the value of each donation.