About Us
SJVHC is a non-profit organization formed as a regional body to address housing issues in the eight county region of the San Joaquin Valley including Merced, Stanislaus, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern, and San Joaquin counties. Our mission is to promote affordable housing for our region by leading policy advocacy through systemic change, fostering cross-sector partnerships, and convening to share innovative solutions.
Our Story
Formed in 2005 following an Executive Order by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the San Joaquin Valley Housing Collaborative was originally started as the Housing Work Group of the San Joaquin Valley Partnership. Since then, the organization has formed its own 501(3)c non-profit and has received staff support from the California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH) and previously Fresno State’s Office of Community and Economic Development. The Collaborative hired its first permanent Executive Director in 2023 to help build the capacity, resources, and impact of the organization to enable it to hire permanent staff. The Housing Collaborative has grown to address housing issues affecting low to moderate-income households in Valley communities by advocating building capacity and collaboration for affordable, healthy neighborhoods and communities
Our Values
Serve as a regional voice for effective affordable housing policies that will support a broad network of partners who aim to promote and increase the development of affordable and workforce housing in the Valley
Establish and support a broad network of partners to promote and increase the development of affordable and workforce housing in the Valley
Meet our Team
MDuarte@fresnohousing.org
Jessica Hoff Berzac
From UPholdings, LLC
Michael Duarte
(Board President)
From Fresno City/County Housing Authority
Jessica Filbrun
(Vice-Chair)
From Stanislaus Equity Partners (STEP)
cjornelas@visionaryhomebuilders.org
susanl@selfhelpenterprises.org
Leilani.Barnett@sf.frb.org
Peter Carey
Retired
peter.carey@outlook.com
Kristine Williams
From Enterprise Community Partners
TKinney@stancoha.org
kwilliams@enterprisecommunity.org
sjackson-bobo@hakc.com
Sandra Jackson-Bobo
From Kings County Housing Authority
Christine Barker
From Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM)
Carol Ornelas
From Visionary Home Builders
kwilliams@enterprisecommunity.org
sjackson-bobo@hakc.com
Betsy McGovern Garcia
From Self Help Enterprises (SHE)
Jenni Byers
From City of Bakersfield
John Ceccoli
From County of Merced
Izaac Singh
From Merritt Community Capital
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