Fruitvale Nonprofit Files Permit for 81-Unit Senior Housing
Oakland logged building permit B2603297 on Nov. 10 for an 81-unit, 100% affordable senior building at East 12th Street and 33rd Avenue in Fruitvale.
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- Also reported by San Francisco YIMBY
The Unity Council and Self-Help Ventures Fund have moved a Fruitvale senior housing project to the building permit stage. Oakland logged permit B2603297 on Nov. 10, 2026 for a 100% affordable senior building of 81 apartments at 1221 33rd Ave, at the corner of East 12th Street in Fruitvale.
Why it matters
A building permit filing is the step after planning entitlements and before construction, so this one suggests the project is moving toward financing and bidding, though no timeline is published. The Unity Council, a Fruitvale community development nonprofit, and Self-Help Ventures Fund, a subsidiary of Self-Help Credit Union, are listed as joint developers by SF YIMBY and on the Unity Council’s own project page. The permit is a filing, not an issued permit, and no construction start date has been published.
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The numbers
The permit scope describes 81 dwelling units, 77 one-bedrooms and four two-bedrooms including a manager’s unit, in five stories of wood-frame construction over a one-story concrete podium. The site is about 0.33 acres, vacant and used for surface parking. A May filing reported by SF YIMBY said the 81 units stay under the 107 allowed in a prior density bonus analysis and that parking was cut from seven spaces to one.
The Unity Council lists the homes as serving households at 30% to 60% of area median income and cites 20 permanent supportive housing units for formerly homeless seniors, with services from Lifelong Medical Care. The Accela list row shows no valuation, so the construction cost is not public yet. More on the region sits on our San Francisco market page.
What’s next
Watch for a valuation and contractor on the full permit record, plus tax-credit and financing awards that would clear the way for a bid. The Unity Council page lists completion as to be determined. Pyatok Architects is the listed architect.
Quick answers
- Did Fruitvale Nonprofit file Permit for 81-Unit Senior Housing in San Francisco?
- Oakland logged building permit B2603297 on Nov. 10 for an 81-unit, 100% affordable senior building at East 12th Street and 33rd Avenue in Fruitvale.
- Who is developing El Corazon Apartments, 1223 East 33rd Avenue?
- Self-Help Ventures Fund, according to City of Oakland Accela Citizen Access.
- What are the key numbers for El Corazon Apartments, 1223 East 33rd Avenue?
- senior units: 81; units allowed: 107; site size: 0.33 acres.
On the record
Oakland building permit B2603297 for 1221 33rd Ave, filed Nov. 10, 2026, describes an 81-unit, five-story wood-frame building over a one-story concrete podium on a roughly 0.33-acre site.
Permit · aca-prod.accela.com
Primary record
- The Unity CouncilEl Corazon Apartments project page
Also reported by
- San Francisco YIMBYPlans Increase For 1223 East 33rd Avenue in Fruitvale, Oakland