Getting Inclusionary Housing Right

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Cities across Santa Clara County are considering this powerful tool to build more new affordable homes without subsidy.

But done wrong it can fall short, or even stop the development of new homes in its tracks. Learn how it works, and how to get it right!

Many of our local cities are joining forces right now in a shared nexus study, the wonky and in-depth analysis that assesses the feasibility of local residential development and the potential for developers of market-rate housing to add a share of affordable homes to their buildings.

If cities require too few affordable homes or affordability that’s too shallow, they leave public benefits on the table. Too much, and developers can’t build any housing at all.

Come hear about local cities that are getting it right: successfully using inclusionary housing policies to achieve mixed-income communities, generate funding to subsidize deeper levels of affordability, and gain valuable land for affordable homes!

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Affordable Housing Month is a month-long series of events, workshops, and campaigns throughout the month of May every year dedicated to raising awareness and driving action around the housing challenges facing our communities. It’s a powerful reminder to Silicon Valley residents every year that housing is a human right and that the fight for equity, dignity, and stability starts with a safe place to call home. Throughout the month, we come together to amplify the urgency of the housing crisis, celebrate the tireless efforts of advocates and community leaders, and spotlight real, lasting solutions rooted in justice. It’s a movement-building moment that fuels collective action, deepens public understanding, and reaffirms our shared commitment to ensuring everyone, no matter their income or background, can thrive in a home and community they can afford.


2025 #StrengthInHousing

Affordable Housing Month 2025 will be here before you know it! There is strength in coming together. There is strength in community. There is #StrengthInHousing.  

In Affordable Housing Month 2025 in Santa Clara County, we come together to renew and revitalize our commitments to affordable housing and housing justice. We come together to renew and revitalize our collective commitments to uplift our communities and to make sure everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable home. It is up to us to build the community that we want to see.

This Affordable Housing Month, our programming will reinforce our resilience, our diversity, our creativity, and our sheer drive to implement local solutions. Join us in uplifting our collective #StrengthInHousing! Poster art by Leyla Carleo


Past Years

2024 #4Us4You4All

Poster art by Rayos Magos

AHM is the time to bring people together to transform our communities into more diverse, affordable, equitable, and accessible places to live. 2024’s theme of #4Us4You4All recognizes that our well-being is tied to the well-being of our neighbors.

This means moving housing affordability beyond the creation of affordable homes for individuals to the realization of stable neighborhoods for whole communities – a vision going beyond housing as a human right to one of healing and restoration for us, for you, and for all. That is why we lift up local partner programming to demonstrate the breadth and depth of the affordable housing ecosystem in Santa Clara County and the strength of our collective work. The future we envision for the Bay Area begins with us.

2023 #BuildingCommunity

Poster art by Julie Meridian.

2022 #ReimaginingHome

Poster art by Paul Gonzalez.

2021 #SiliconValleyIsHome

Poster art by Alfred Twu.

2020 #BeMyNeighbor

Poster art by Ricardo Cortez.

2019 #Year4Housing

Poster art by Harumo Sato.

2018 #ItsTime4Yes

Poster art by Tiffany Lin.