Abode has more than 30 years of experience providing property management services for affordable housing serving low-income, homeless, disabled, veterans, and other special needs households.

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Overview

Abode property management

In 2012, Abode entered into a strategic alliance with Housing for Independent People, Inc. (HIP), then a San Jose nonprofit group that owned and managed affordable housing for special needs populations. More than a decade later, it is now known as Abode Property Management and it works under the Abode umbrella, furthering our mission to end homelessness by providing affordable housing.

Abode Property Management now manages more than 30 properties and provides stable housing and access to supportive services to more than 600 individuals and families throughout Santa Clara, Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz counties.

Abode Property Management has more than three decades of experience providing property management services for affordable housing — serving low-income, homeless, disabled, veterans, and other special needs households. We manage a diverse array of property types, including scattered site supportive housing, single-family homes, four-plexes, shared housing, hotel/transitional housing, interim housing, multifamily housing, and master-leased housing.

Management Expertise

Our innovative management services — which include on-site management, compliance monitoring, and accounting assistance — are packaged to assist our clients and help them maximize the value of their assets. Recognizing that each of our clients is unique, we offer our management services separately so that our clients can make choices that can be customized to meet their individual needs. Those management services include:

Leasing, screening, and marketing
Legal and regulatory compliance monitoring
Routine and preventive maintenance
Specialized accounting services and financial reports
Management consultation
Property inspections and condition reports

Housing Development

To view our current and future housing sites, visit our Abode Housing Development page.

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Housing Info

Alma Garden Apartments

Alma Garden Apartments offers 10 affordable homes for very low-income residents, whose incomes are at or below 50 percent Area Median Income. It comprises three buildings housing eight studio apartments, two one-bedroom apartments, a laundry room, and an office. Abode Property Management manages Alma Garden Apartments, which is located at 2507-2533 Alma Street in Palo Alto.

Click here to be placed on the Open Waitlist for Alma Garden Apartments.

Opportunity Center

Opportunity Center in Palo Alto has a been a haven for people in need of services or a roof over their head — or both. The housing site in the heart of Silicon Valley has 88 affordable apartments and offers a wide range of services for hundreds of homeless people in the Bay Area’s mid-Peninsula. Opportunity Center is located at 33 Encina Ave. in Palo Alto.

Open Waitlist starting October 30, 2024

More Housing Information

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A vintage drawing of Hotel Resetar in Santa Cruz..

Thank you for visiting our Abode Property Management webpage. All vacancies for the properties below are filled through direct one-to-one referrals from local agencies. If you are interested in a specific property, contact the local referring agency in the county where the home is located. More information is below.

Referral-Based Housing Information

Click below for information about county housing resources.

County Housing Property Portfolio

Click below for detailed listings of our property portfolio.

If you previously applied to a housing waitlist from Abode Property Management (formerly known as Housing for Independent People - or HIP) and would like an update on your waitlist status, contact us at housinginfo@abode.org or 408-941-1850. For TTY, dial 7-1-1 for relay services.

Resident Portal

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Our property management portal on RentCafe will provide our residents and owners/investors with the following conveniences:

Referral agency eligibility and application submission
Lease execution and renewals
Income recertification
View balances and make rental payments
Submission of maintenance requests (with photos)
Update resident profile and contact information
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Retail Lease Space

A two-story gray-and-white building — PAPAZIAN RETAIL

600 - 4,500 SF
4075 Papazian Way
Fremont, CA 94538
From: $20 - $30 SF/YR

A three-story peach-colored building with cars parked in front. — MISSION BELL RETAIL

1,617 SF
259 East 14th St
San Leandro, CA 94577
$13.50 SF/YR

The exterior of a pink residential hotel — RESETAR RETAIL

300 - 1,700 SF
15 West Lake Avenue
Watsonville, CA 95076
$10 - 40 SF/YR

Abode Property Management owns and leases Bay Area offices and retail spaces in Fremont, San Leandro, and Watsonville. We lease those spaces at affordable, competitive rates.

Fremont - Papazian

The Papazian property is one of our premier office retail spaces. The two-story building has 16 retail office spaces totaling 9,000 square feet of rentable space. This mixed-use office retail space is located in the heart of the Bay Street Development Zone in central Fremont.

Retail Features:

Ample Parking
On-Site Management
Tenant Improvements to Suit
Prime Location
High Demand

San Leandro - Mission Bell

Mission Bell is a 24-unit, mixed-use, multifamily building offering affordable housing. The low-rise, garden- style building has six retail office spaces on the ground level. This property has more than 4,863 square feet of rentable retail space situated in the premier shopping retail area of downtown San Leandro. Each retail space has a spacious loft office with impressive bay windows and an open retail layout. Located near the San Leandro BART station and I-880 and I-580 corridors, these retail spaces are easily accessible from anywhere by car or public transportation.

Retail Features:

Ample Parking
On-Site Management
Tenant Improvements to Suit Terms Negotiable
Terms Negotiable

Watsonville - Resetar

Resetar is a 90-unit, mixed-use, multifamily building offering supportive housing. The low-rise, Spanish colonial-style building has 10 retail spaces on the ground level. This property has more than 7,920 square feet of rentable retail space and occupies the southwest corner of Main Street and West Lake Avenue in Watsonville (in Santa Cruz County). With its eclectic style, it has aspects of historic detailing and a modern use of terra cotta ornamentation.

Retail Features: