GRAND OPENING & ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Edwin M. Lee
Apartments

Our Grand Opening of the Edwin M. Lee Apartments at Mission Bay was hosted on Tuesday, May 4, 11:00 AM.

ABOUT EML

Making affordable housing a reality

Completed in February of 2020, the Edwin M. Lee Apartments, a joint development by Swords to Plowshares and Chinatown Community Development Center, saw 62 units for homeless veterans and 57 units for low-income families get filled up quickly during the first few months of the COVID lockdown. After a year of servicing the new residents and impacting neighbors in the greater Mission Bay community, we are finally able to celebrate the opening of this wonderful multi-use apartments, the first development of its kind in San Francisco.

Program

Please register to join the live streaming as we officially open this building named after the late San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee for his commitment to ending veteran homelessness.

Hon. Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the house

United States House of Representatives

Jeff Bennett

Director

Wells Fargo Community Lending
& Investment

Michael Blecker

Executive Director

Swords to Plowshares

London Breed

San Francisco Mayor

Ron Conway

Founder and Co-Managing Partner

SV Angel

Rev. Norman Fong

Former Executive Director

Chinatown Community Development Center

Matt Haney

supervisor

District 6

Vito Imbasciani MD

Secretary

CalVet

Sally Oerth

Interim Executive Director

Office of Community Investment
& Infrastructure

Malcolm Yeung

Executive Director

Chinatown Community Development Center

Leon Winston

Former Chief Operating Officer

Swords to Plowshares

About us

Swords to Plowshares

Founded in 1974, Swords to Plowshares is a community-based not-for-profit organization that provides counseling and case management, rapid re-housing and eviction prevention services, employment and training, supportive housing, and legal benefits assistance for low-income, homeless and at-risk veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area. Swords to Plowshares promotes and protects the rights of veterans through advocacy, public education, and partnerships with local, state and national entities. Learn more about the work of Swords to Plowshares, and ways in which you can help, by visiting our website.

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Chinatown Community Development Center

Founded in 1977, Chinatown Community Development Center’s (Chinatown CDC) goal is to build affordable housing, develop grassroots leadership, and empower low-income residents and youth for civic engagement in San Francisco. Chinatown CDC own and/or manage 25 properties in San Francisco, totaling 2,500 units of affordable housing for nearly 3,000 low-income seniors, formerly homeless adults, and families. Chinatown CDC’s residents are diverse and speak 14 languages including English, Chinese, Tagalog, Spanish, Russian, and Vietnamese.
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