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Senior Center

Barbara Lee Senior Center Information.

Come spend the day with us, or just a few hours.

Includes contact information and a Map with directions to the Senior Center, Activities and Services, and additional resources for local Senior Citizens, such as a very inexpensive lunch. Call 24 hours in advance to reserve a catered meal.

Barbara Lee Senior Center offers Saturday hours during new pilot program
By Rhoda Shapiro – Milpitas Beat – September 12, 2022
Now, for the first time ever, the senior center’s opening its doors on Saturdays, from 9am-12pm. The move is part of a new Pilot Program, which the majority of the Milpitas City Council voted to launch during a meeting in January.

Contact Information

Milpitas Barbara Lee Senior Center
40 North Milpitas Boulevard (Click address for map.)
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-586-3400
TDD: 408-586-3400

Office hours Mon-Fri
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

John Macon is the supervisor of the Senior Center. You may email him at jmacon@ci.milpitas.ca.gov

Barbara Lee Senior Center Membership Form (PDF)

Senior Shuttle Service Registration Form (PDF)

For more information on programs & services, please use the links below.

Financial Breaks for Seniors in Milpitas

Measure C Parcel Tax Exemption for Seniors and Disabled Persons
Any Milpitas owner of a parcel used solely for owner-occupied, single-family residential purposes and who are:

  • (a) 65 years of age or older on or before June 30 of the fiscal year immediately preceding the year in which the tax would apply, or
  • (b) receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for a disability, regardless of age, or
  • (c) property owners who own parcels that are contiguous and held under identical ownership**
    may obtain an exemption from the parcel tax by submitting an application, by June 15 of any year, to the District.

Seniors’ Links

Department of Aging and Adult Services
Administers and oversees…

Map and Directions to the Barbara Lee Senior Center


Map to location on 40 N. Milpitas Blvd.

Affordable Housing

What is the Problem?

Affordable housing in Milpitas, Santa Clara County, CA. Programs for first time buyers, teachers, and seniors looking for low cost, below market rate (BMR) housing.

HUD Community Programs
There are many ways for you to get involved in your community – but first, you need to become an informed citizen. Find out what kinds of funds and opportunities are available for communities. Learn the facts about your community. And let your local government know what you think.

SV@Home
SV@Home is uniquely positioned to advocate for housing solutions.

The voice for affordable housing in the Silicon Valley. A membership organization, SV@Home advocates for policies, programs, land use, and funding that lead to an increased supply of affordable housing. Additionally, SV@Home educates elected officials and the community about the need for housing, and the link between housing and other quality of life outcomes, including education, health, transportation, and the environment

See also ~ Homeless in Milpitas

Solutions to Affordable Housing

Discounted Housing
Grants and Funding Programs
Homeless in Milpitas
Senior Housing & Living Centers

Discounted Housing

Below Market Rate (BMR) Housing Program in Milpitas
READ ME FIRST! To be eligible for a below market rate home, you must be a first-time homebuyer (meaning you, as the applicant and your spouse or co-applicants have not owned a home during the 3-year period prior to date of the application), have the ability to provide at least 10% required down payment, and household’s income cannot exceed very-low, low- or moderate as defined by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, please refer to the chart on this link. For any questions or concerns, please contact: Sara Court, Housing Planner, scourt@ci.milpitas.ca.gov / 408-586-3269

To apply, obtain the BMR application.
Currently the City of Milpitas has an OPEN waiting list for the BMR program. Please note: waiting time varies.
– Submit all required documentation as listed on the application
– If you are submitting for a preference, please provide applicable documentation
– After submission, you will be placed on the waiting list based on time of submission and preference (if applicable) until a unit becomes available in your income category.

First ever 100% affordable housing development in Milpitas is accepting pre-applications
By Rhoda Shapiro & Eric Shapiro
Milpitas Beat,April 18, 2023
Looking for an affordable apartment in Milpitas? The City of Milpitas will soon be opening a 100% affordable housing development, and has announced that the pre-application waitlist for those seeking to live there is now open. The development, located at 355 Sango Court, is the first project in Milpitas funded by the County Measure A Affordable Housing Bond. The City of Milpitas itself put a $6.5 million investment into the project.

Until April 24, 2023 at 12 pm (noon), pre-applications can be submitted online. Applicants must show the ability to pay the rent, which means that their total household income must be about two times the rent. See the link for table of incomes per unit.

First-Time Homebuyers Assistance
California Housing Finance Agency (CHFA) offers a first-time homebuyer down payment assistance program for low-income residents to purchase a new home.

Milpitas, CA Low Income Housing
We list 9 low income housing complexes in and around Milpitas, California. We list the following: HUD apartments, Section 8 apartments, Public Housing apartments, Non profit low income apartments, and Low income tax credit apartments. Looking for government and non-profit programs to assist you with paying for your rent?
Check our sister website, Rent Assistance.

Housing Division of Milpitas
Please contact Building Safety Department at 408-586-3240.

Planning & Neighborhood Services Department
The City of Milpitas is in the process of updating its affordable housing policies. Part of the update process is the consideration of adopting an affordable housing fee applicable to new residential and non-residential developments.

Summary, Context Materials, and Recommendations Report
A concise version of the affordable housing nexus studies prepared by Keyser Marston Associates, Inc. (KMA) and presents analyses designed to provide context for policy decisions. It also outlines recommendations for the City of Milpitas regarding the City’s affordable housing policies for residential development and consideration of a potential new affordable housing impact fee for non-residential development.

Sunnyhills Apartments
• 171 bedroom units.
• Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance
Since this property has a Project-Based Section 8 contract with HUD, some or all of the rents at this community are based on tenant incomes. Tenants leasing units participating in the Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance program typically contribute less than 30% of their adjusted income towards rental costs.
1724 Sunnyhills Dr.
408-263-2626

Teacher Next Door Program
The program offers HUD-owned, single family homes to public and private school teachers at 50 percent discount.

When it comes to affordable housing, Milpitas is leaning all the way in.
At a special City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 12, several groundbreaking actions were taken to create more affordable housing opportunities for local residents. Among them was approval of a site development permit, density bonus, and environmental assessment to build 100-102 affordable housing units for low-income residents and veterans at 355 Sango Court.

Grants and Funding Programs

California Housing Finance Agency
Rental housing, home ownership assistance. Small business development.

Center for Responsible Lending
Advocates fair lending through equitable treatment of all borrowers. This is a link about morgage lending.

Community Technology Alliance
Our focus is to increase the community’s access to available resources for unhoused and at risk residents, and facilitate a collaborative and holistic system approach to assisting this population.

Housing Trust of Santa Clara County
A catalyst to develop specific, desperately needed housing in Santa Clara County through an innovative blend of corporate and community investors.

Local Initiative Support Collaborative (LISC)
LISC provides grants, loans and equity investments to CDCs for neighborhood redevelopment. 369 Pine Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 408-94104, (415) 397-7322.

Silicon Valley Habitat for Humanity
People with Disabilities are encouraged to apply: one home will be constructed to meet the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards for persons with mobility impairments. 513 Valley Way, 408-942-6444.

Fighting Homelessness

Homeless in Milpitas
Milpitas needs to be more aware of the plight of the homeless in our small city, living in forested freeway exits and under bridges next to our streams.

Milpitas Rent Relief available NOW!
Are you behind on rent due to COVID/Pandemic-related causes and need some support? Let the Milpitas Rent Relief program help you!

Senior Housing & Living Centers

Senior Housing & Living Centers
Senior specific living communities in Milpitas, California.

Senior Housing & Living Centers

Making the right choice for the elderly

California Associates for Nursing Home Reform
CANHR publishes fact sheets on a wide range of topics important to long term care consumers.
Select fact sheets are also available in Spanish and Chinese.

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara
Long Term Care Ombudsman Program: advocates for people in nursing and residential care homes.
2625 Zanker Road, San Jose
408-468-0100

Senior housing and specific living communities in Milpitas, California.

City of Milpitas Seniors Housing & Services
There are specific affordable housing opportunities and public services serving only Milpitas’ Seniors Citizens. Please contact the organizations on this link for more information.

DeVries Place Senior Apartments

DeVries Place
Provides affordable rental homes for low-income seniors while helping to restore the character of an almost forgotten Main Street. DeVries Place artfully integrates new construction with the historic rehabilitation of one of the oldest standing buildings in Milpitas. Leasing status: Wait List Closed.
163 N. Main Street
408-263-7190

Terrace Gardens
An affordable living Senior Housing facility located in the heart of the Milpitas Civic Center. Apartments are 1 bedroom/1 bath with a full kitchen. Rentals.
186 Beresford Ct.
408-946-9034

Westmont of Milpitas Retirement Living
Our friendly senior living community offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care in Milpitas, CA, as well as additional support services for those in need. Enjoy your days in a warm and luxurious community with impeccable restaurant-style dining and exceptional amenities.
1260 S Main St
669-444-1560

Exclusively Senior Care Facilities

Carlos Residential Care Home
Assisted Living.
733 Penitencia St.
Milpitas, CA 95035
888-848-5698

FLA Care Homes
79 Health Street
Milpitas, CA 95035

Hamilton Care Home
998 Hamilton Ave.
Milpitas, CA 95035

Milpitas Care Center
Only skilled nursing facility in Milpitas. I bailed out of here, as conditions would not have provided the rest and PT I needed after spine surgery. They put me in a room with 4 Alzheimer’s patients who gave me no privacy.
120 Corning Ave.
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-262-0217

Soriano Residential Care Facility for the Elderly
227 West Capitol Ave.
Milpitas, CA 95035


Sweet Dreams Care Home
1187 Park Grove Dr.
Milpitas, CA 95035
(408) 941-9995

See also ~ Affordable Housing for all ages or mixed households.

Retirement Through the Eyes of a Child

After a spring break, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent the holidays. One child wrote the following:

“We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live here in a big brick house, but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Milpitas.

Now they live in a place with a lot of other retarded people. They live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around on big tricycles and wear name tags because they don’t know who they are anymore.

They go to a building called a wrecked center, but they must have got it fixed, because it is all right now. They play games and do exercises there, but they don’t do them very well.

There is a swimming pool too, but they all jump up and down in it with their hats on. I guess they don’t know how to swim.

At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out. Then they go cruising in their golf carts.

My Grandma used to bake cookies and stuff, but I guess she forgot how. Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And they eat the same thing every night, “Early Birds”. Some of the people can’t get past the man in the doll house to go out. So the ones who do get out bring food back to the wrecked center and call it “pot luck.”

My Grandma says Grandpa’s worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded some day too. When I earn my retardment I want to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out so they can visit their grandchildren.

A Milpitas Mom’s Favorite Joke

Investment and Retirement Advice & News

It is often nice to have a financial broker who is available to talk with you about your investments for retirement, and be nearby to where you live or work. It is great when they understand what it takes to live here in Silicon Valley.
Investments

Brokers

Charles Schwab
Offers a toll-free telephone number (800-682-0668) for service in Mandarin and Cantonese for their Asia-Pacific Service located in Milpitas.
12 Ranch Drive, 408-467-7010

CUSO Financial Services
CommonWealth has formed a relationship with CUSO Financial Services, L.P. (CFS)*, an independent broker/dealer, to provide service and support for your investment and insurance needs. As a CommonWealth member, you can enjoy CUSO’s personalized service, lower brokerage and online trading fees, complimentary financial consultations, and more.
537 E. Calaveras Boulevard
Wealth Access Line: 800-564-1588, option 1

TD Ameritrade
Meet with a Financial Consultant who can help you understand the investment products and services we offer.
232 Barber Ct, Building F
408-321-8599

News

Business Journal of San Jose
Business news. Access The Book of Lists.

Silicon Beat
Levi Sumagaysay and Rex Crum report on Silicon Valley business news in the Mercury News.

SiliconValley.com: Inside the Tech Economy
Tech columnists and news about what’s going on in the technical sector.

Silicon Valley 150 Stock Report
A complete list of the top 150 companies in Silicon Valley, updated with 15 minute delay during the trading day.

The Street
Investor news and venture capital in Silicon Valley report from Mercury News.

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