Fair Rents, Fair Bills: Understanding Rent & Utility Regulations

JOIN US VIRTUALLY ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH 12PM

Join us for a learning session about San José’s Rent Stabilization Program and possible updates to the city’s rules on how utilities are billed in rental housing (known as Ratio Utility Billing Services, or RUBS).

We’ll break down:

  • What rent stabilization means
  • How RUBS works
  • And what these proposed changes could mean for renters and housing providers

You’ll also learn how to share your feedback and get involved as the city considers these updates and how it can impact you.

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Fuel the movement.

SV@Home membership is made up of individuals, nonprofit and for-profit developers, service providers, homelessness organizations and advocates, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, housing professionals (architects, contractors, attorneys, investors), sustainable community leaders (transportation, environment, health, education, and energy professionals, among others), local government staff and elected officials, businesses, & community leaders.

Your membership fuels the movement for housing justice in Silicon Valley — every voice, every dollar, every action matters. Join us today to help ensure everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.

Individual Membership Benefits

Ally — $30 a year, reserved for students & affordable housing residents

  • Priority access to SV@Home events  
  • Discounted tickets to SV@Home events
  • Members-only content
  • Recognition on SV@Home website
  • Plus, many more Members-only perks

Neighbor — $100 a year

  • Priority access to SV@Home events  
  • Discounted tickets to SV@Home events
  • Members-only content
  • Recognition on SV@Home website
  • Plus, many more Members-only perks

Advocate — $250 a year

  • All previous tier benefits
  • Increased access and discounts to events
  • SV@Home T-shirt

Patron — $500 a year

  • All previous tier benefits
  • SV@Home Swag Bag
  • Complimentary ticket to SV@Home’s AHM kickoff event

Organizational Membership Benefits

Cornerstone — $1,000 a year

Annual budget up to $5 million

  • Priority access to SV@Home events
  • Discounted tickets to SV@Home events
  • Access to leadership development opportunities for staff (Brick by Brick Fellowship, CRC)
  • Technical assistance
  • Free job postings ($25 non-member)
  • Members-only content
  • Recognition on website

Pillar — $2,500 a year

Annual budget $5M-$10M or jurisdictions less than <100k in population

  • Priority access to SV@Home events
  • Discounted tickets to SV@Home events
  • Access to leadership development opportunities for staff (Brick by Brick Fellowship, CRC)
  • Technical assistance
  • Free job postings ($25 non-member)
  • Members-only content
  • Recognition on website
  • 1 complimentary ticket to SV@Home’s Affordable Housing Month kickoff event

Anchor — $5,000 a year

Annual budget $10M-$20M or jurisdiction with <100k population up to 1M population

  • Priority access to SV@Home events
  • Discounted tickets to SV@Home events
  • Access to leadership development opportunities for staff (Brick by Brick Fellowship, CRC)
  • Technical assistance
  • Free job postings ($25 non-member)
  • Members-only content
  • Recognition on website
  • 2 complimentary tickets to SV@Home’s Affordable Housing Month kickoff event

Visionary — $10,000 a year

Annual budget $20M+ or jurisdictions with $1M+ population

  • Priority access to SV@Home events
  • Discounted tickets to SV@Home events
  • Access to leadership development opportunities for staff (Brick by Brick Fellowship, CRC)
  • Technical assistance
  • Free job postings ($25 non-member)
  • Members-only content
  • Recognition on website
  • 3 complimentary tickets to SV@Home’s Affordable Housing Month kickoff event
  • Opportunity to co-host a Happy Housers event

Organizational Members

Affirmed Housing
Alta Housing
Angelo Foundation
Applied Materials
Architects Fora
BFK Engineers
Charities Housing
Chase Bank
City of Mountain View
City of Santa Clara
County of Santa Clara
Destination: Home
Eden Housing
Enterprise
First Citizen’s Bank
Google
Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley
Housing Trust Silicon Valley
Kaiser Permanente
Km Thibodeaux Consulting LLC
LifeMoves
LISC
Low Income Investment Fund
LUNA
Matt Huerta Consulting
Meriwest Credit Union
Merritt Community Capital Corporation
Microsoft
MidPen
Montara Ventures
Mountain View CLT
Opportunities For Change (OFC)
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Palo Alto Forward
Partnership for the Bay’s Future
PATH
Pegbo Inc
Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley
Related California
Resources for Community Development
Roots Community Health
San Francisco Foundation
San Jose Conservation Corps
Sand Hill Property Company
SIDCO Homes Inc.
Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Sobrato Family Foundation
Stand Up For Kids
Santa Clara University
Stanford
Sunnyvale Community Services
The Core Companies
United Way Bay Area
Wells Fargo
Western Alliance (Bridge Bank)
Working Partnerships USA (WPUSA)

Our Members

Kobayashi Household
Owendro Household
Rausch Household
Oshima Household
Merriman Household
Menteer Household
Moreno Household
Phillips Household
Klem Household
Rampe Household
Miro Household
Thibodeaux Household
Banes Household
Ramirez Household
Barden Household
Davis Household
Cortez Household
Murtagh Household
Curry Household
Huntzinger Household
Hamilton Household
Showalter Household
Lorenzana Household
Smart Household
Gonzalez Household
Mendoza Household
Levy Household
Ketcham Household
O’Neill Household
Shoor Household
Richter Household
Lusebrink Household
Cunningham Household
Roth Household
Uang Household
Rao Household
Grays Household
Wong Household
Gray Household
Selo Household
Tran Household
Ma Household
K Household
Clements Household
Haddix Household
Bernard Household
Winter Household
Bannen Household
Mankin Household
Park-Mcclintick Household
Thiemann Household
VanderVeen Household
Noravian Household
Sherrard Household
Gonzales Household
Jain Household
Price Household
Palonen Household
Osgood Household
Parisa Household
Gutierrez Household
Castillo Household
Packer Household
Hsu Household
Hood Household
Thompson Household
Houston Household
Graham Household
Harechmak Household
Snider Household
Zwick Household
Yamamoto Household
Corsiglia Household
Baumann Household
Doherty Household
Ross Household
Gross Household
Nanez Household
Merriman Household
Ring Household
Wuerstlin Household
Brownstein Household
Wood Household
Grignon Household
Ellenberg Household
Russell Household
Rogan Household

MOVEMENT PARTNERS

SV@Home’s Movement Partners are like-minded membership organizations that focus on affordable housing advocacy. Click on the organization’s name below to visit their website.