Affordable Housing in Japan
…Or what I learned during my summer vacation. Heart & Home is a monthly column by Josh Ishimatsu, Deputy Director of Strategy Before my vacation to Japan this summer, housing policy nerd that I am, I did some rabbit-holing into Japanese housing policy. And so, this blog piece is about affordable housing in Japan, with […]
Santa Clara County Cocktail Napkin Calculations
Heart and Home is a monthly column by Josh Ishimatsu, Deputy Director of Strategy Two quick estimates that tell us we need massive amounts of affordable housing funding in our County. I could say what the bottom line number is here in the synopsis but then you wouldn’t have the fun of reading the full […]
The Price of Oil is Not as Important as the Price of Housing
Heart & Home is a monthly column by Deputy Director of Strategy, Josh Ishimatsu There’s a lot of heat around the price of oil (and around rising prices more generally). But the high price of housing is more important than the high price of oil. In these times when we are all being squeezed, housing […]
We Can’t Have Good “Heart & Homes” Without Affordable Housing
Heart & Home is a column by Josh Ishimatsu Synopsis: Josh phones it in this month. A little bit short on bandwidth this month and I don’t have the time to write a full column/blog post for Heart and Home. So, instead, I want to highlight a couple of recent articles that are amongst those […]
Prop 13 is Making Things More Expensive!
Heart & Home is a monthly column by Josh Ishimatsu, Deputy Director of Strategy. In a recent column for our SV@Home Action Fund Newsletter, I wrote about a potential November 2026 ballot measure from the Howard Jarvis Tax Payers Association. (Side note: if you enjoy Heart and Home, please check out the other regular columns […]
SV@Home Has Moved to a New Space
Heart and Home is a monthly column by Josh Ishimatsu. We’ve moved. After close to a decade in the house on Julian, SV@Home has moved to new offices. So, in this column, I’ve written a couple thoughts about what made the old office great and what will make the new office great as well. The […]
Silicon Valley is Losing What Makes It Special
Heart and Home is a monthly column by Josh Ishimatsu. Places that Make Us I don’t know a ton of Japanese – and maybe this is kind of a descendant of immigrants’ experience/feeling – but you can grow up immersed in a home culture where you don’t really know the language and then, later in […]
We Can’t Have Good Schools Without Affordable Housing
It takes a village to educate a child and our village needs more affordable housing. Heart and Home is a monthly column by Josh Ishimatsu. At SV@Home, we believe that affordable housing is foundational to a good and just Silicon Valley. Affordable housing is at the intersection of so many good things. With affordable housing, […]
We Cant Have Good Government Without Affordable Housing
Heart and Home is a monthly column by Josh Ishimatsu. Photo: Yuyi He, former Cupertino Housing Commissioner, Spotlight This is going to be a shorter column than usual. By the time this column is posted, I will be in Miami, helping my eldest kid settle into her new place. Our oldest little bird is leaving […]
The OBBBA Passed. Now What Happens to Housing?
Heart and Home is a montly column by Josh Ishimatsu What does the One Big Beautiful Bill Act mean for affordable housing in Santa Clara County? And what can we do to help shore up our communities against these and other possible future cuts? The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (or OBBBA, and, yes, this […]
