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August 27, 2025

The Sevens Teacher Housing Opens in Mountain View

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Mountain View just celebrated the grand opening of The Sevens, a 144-unit affordable teacher housing community at 777 W. Middlefield Road. This project is a powerful example of how public investment and collaboration can create stable, affordable homes for the educators and public employees who make our communities thrive.

Last Saturday on August 23, the Mountain View Whisman School District (MVWSD) celebrated the grand opening of The Sevens, a 144-unit teacher housing community at 777 W. Middlefield Road. The development includes 123 apartments reserved for MVWSD teachers and staff, 20 for City of Mountain View employees, and one for an on-site manager. About a quarter of the homes are affordable to households earning up to 80% of Area Median Income (AMI), with one-bedrooms priced around $1,450. The remaining apartments are available to households earning up to 150% AMI, with one-bedrooms renting for about $2,900. These rents are well below market in Mountain View, where the average one-bedroom costs more than $3,600 a month.

Funded with $85 million in Measure T bond dollars, approved by voters in 2020, along with contributions from developer Miramar Capital and the City of Mountain View, The Sevens represents a major step toward addressing the region’s housing affordability crisis.

Like many ambitious projects, The Sevens has faced early challenges, including slower-than-expected leasing and the need to stabilize operating costs. To adapt, MVWSD is exploring a partnership with the Foothill–De Anza Community College District that would allow both school systems to house their staff while strengthening the project’s long-term sustainability. This kind of collaboration reflects the persistence and creativity required to deliver affordable housing in one of the nation’s most expensive housing markets.

By providing stable, below-market homes for teachers and public employees, The Sevens ensures that educators who serve the community have the opportunity to live here as well. SV@Home is proud to see this vision realized and looks forward to the lasting benefits it will bring to Mountain View’s families and schools.

Keep supporting similar teacher and workforce housing projects when they are proposed, so more of our essential workers can afford to live in the communities they serve.