Affordable farmworker housing takes slow step: 555 Kelly project intended to house seniors; Half Moon Bay working on legal agreements

• By Holly Rusch

• PUBLISHED: Mar 20, 2026 | UPDATED: May 6, 2026

Rendering of the proposed senior farmworkers housing at 555 Kelly Ave. in Half Moon Bay.

Half Moon Bay is fleshing out its affordable housing and lease agreements for 555 Kelly, an affordable housing development slated for senior farmworkers that was originally proposed in 2022 and has stalled in the negotiations and development phase.

The 555 Kelly Ave. project was originally proposed months before a deadly shooting at a mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay took the lives of seven farmworkers and a subsequent investigation revealed squalid and untenable farmworker living conditions in the area.