HALF MOON BAY · CALIFORNIA
OUR STORY
Half Moon Bay grew out of the rich soil of El Corral de Tierra.
For years, that good earth has grown food and flowers, nourishing families and spreading their beauty throughout the community. Now, Corral de Tierra is about to let those families plant their roots and flourish too.
WATCH IT GROWTHE HOMES
Like flowers, no two families are the same. Some need room to spread out; others, a sunny corner to call their own. Corral de Tierra gives every family a planter and the soil to grow in its own way, with custom and semi-custom single-family homes side by side with one- to three-bedroom family affordable apartments, together making a neighborhood as vibrant as a field in full bloom.
new homes
custom and semi-custom single-family homes
family affordable apartments, 1–3 bedrooms
CABRILLO HIGHWAY
Every home here starts as a flower. Choose Grow it yourself, then tap any site to plant one.
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ROOM TO FLOURISH
The best houses aren’t manicured gardens,
they are wild meadows that grant every seed
the freedom to drift, plant itself,
and stretch toward the light.
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THE PLAN
The Builder’s Remedy is part of California’s Housing Accountability Act. When a city’s housing plan is not in compliance with state law, it cannot turn down a housing project for conflicting with local zoning, as long as at least 20% of the homes are set aside for lower-income households. It exists so communities keep building the homes they need.
Everything that grows needs light. For more than 25 years, Measure D has hung over Half Moon Bay like a cloud that never lifts, holding new homes to about 1% a year. It was meant to keep the town from growing too fast, but under it the people of Half Moon Bay have gone without the light they need to grow.
Children who grew up here have no place to move back to. Young couples have a second child and outgrow the house. Longtime neighbors want something smaller nearby and find nothing. Like seedlings left in the shade, families have leaned toward the light somewhere else.
Now the light is breaking through. The community and the State are asking Half Moon Bay to make room to grow, with a plan for 480 new homes by 2031. Through the Builder’s Remedy, Corral de Tierra can move forward, and its 224 homes, including 64 family affordable apartments with one to three bedrooms, are nearly half of that goal.
Households earning 50% of the area median income or less. The 64 family affordable apartments mix one-, two- and three-bedroom homes, averaging 2.25 bedrooms each, and the three-bedroom apartments are designed for families.
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