Speak Out to Protect Housing Affordability in San Jose’s IHO
Image: Swenson. New Facchino development at Berryessa BART urban village, delivering 260 affordable homes through the IHO Did you know San José is considering a housing policy that would label some homes as ‘affordable,’ even though they’d actually cost more than the rent on a typical apartment? Right now, most of our Inclusionary Housing units, […]
San Jose Passes the 2025-26 Operating Budget
On June 11th, San Jose City Council adopted the operating budget for fiscal year 2025-26. Find out what happened below. On June 11th, San Jose City Council adopted the operating budget for fiscal year 2025-26. This was the culmination of an intensive process that runs throughout the first half of the year, with hundreds of […]
SV@Home Partnership with the Latina Coalition’s ELLA Program
SV@Home is proud to be a community partner to the Latina Coalition’s Engaged Latina Leadership Activist (ELLA) Program. We are delighted to be part of the leadership journey for Karen, Diana, Nicole, and Karina! Read on to learn more about their work. SV@Home is proud to be a community partner to the Latina Coalition’s Engaged […]
A Regional Housing Bond is Coming: Support Funding for Affordable Homes!
SV@Home is part of a regional effort to secure game-changing levels of funding for affordable housing through a regional housing bond measure on the November 2024 ballot. Bond funds will be used to boost the production of new affordable housing, preserve existing affordable housing, and protect our residents most vulnerable to displacement, including those at […]
Executive Director Regina Celestin Williams Leads Keynote Conversation at ‘Transforming Communities’
Executive Director Regina Celestin Williams Leads Keynote Conversation at ‘Transforming Communities’ In-Person RSVP Join SV@Home Executive Director Regina Celestin Williams as she leads “A Conversation with Michael Tubbs: Understanding Race, Politics and a Quest to be EPIC.” Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 5:30 p.m. San Jose State Student Union Ballroom One Washington Square, San Jose […]
Action Alert: Tell MTC to Pass Transit-Oriented Communities Policy
Tell MTC to Pass Transit-Oriented Communities Policy Today! Calling All Housing Advocates, Your voice is urgently needed to create more affordable housing opportunities in your Silicon Valley community and the greater Bay Area. Urge the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to pass the historic Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) policy ahead of this Wednesday morning’s Commission […]
URGENT: Support Santa Clara Affordable Housing
URGENT: Zoom In to Support Affordable Housing in Santa Clara’s Civic Center Dear Housing Advocate, It’s time to ACT: Let the Santa Clara City Council know that you support Affordable Housing by speaking up in support of the 1601 Civic Center project in the City of Santa Clara. When: Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 […]
Our Updated Housing Vision for the Diridon Station Area – November 2020
In August 2019, SV@Home unveiled a Housing Vision for the Diridon Station Area, which outlined the opportunity to create a vibrant, active transit hub at Diridon Station that would provide a wide range of housing opportunities to people of all income levels. Since then, we have continued our engagement through the Station Area Advisory Group, […]
2020 Legislative Update
COVID-19 and the resulting Stay in Place Order has impacted the way many things work, and the way a bill becomes a law is one of them! After weeks away from Sacramento, legislators returned this week to hold the first policy committee hearings. Due to the delays in the legislative calendar, the plan is to […]
Housing Updates & COVID-19
No longer business as usual. SV@Home pivots in the face of COVID-19: When SV@Home was formed back in 2015 to address Silicon Valley’s housing crisis, we never dreamed that we would face the added challenge of COVID-19. While we all hope that this crisis is short lived and that we can go back to fighting […]
