SV@Home created Foundations of Affordable Housing in partnership with Destination: Home in response to community questions and local research with focus groups. We have found that the public is deeply concerned about homelessness and housing affordability.
People understand that there is a problem, but may be confused about what we mean when we talk about affordable housing. They might not see a connection between building more housing and addressing homelessness or housing affordability, and they’re not sure they can trust the government’s ability to move the needle on homelessness. Still, people are also willing to address homelessness and hope that it can be solved.
This workshop is designed to empower you with a better understanding of affordable housing, and give you language you can use to talk with your neighbors about it. Broad public understanding of affordable housing is critical to having the public support we need to advance housing policies that can make the difference for our communities. If you are interested in having SV@Home present Foundations of Affordable Housing to your community group, please contact Alison Cingolani at alison@siliconvalleyathome.org.