Apple Pledges $2.5 Billion to Ease California Housing Crisis

Leslye Corsiglia, executive director for Silicon Valley at Home, applauds Apple’s contribution. “I don’t think one corporation is going to solve the problem, but it’s nice to have Apple at the table, particularly to the extent that it encourages other companies.”   MATTHEW RENDA │Courthouse News Service November 4, 2019   (CN) – Apple committed […]

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How big a dent could Apple’s $2.5B make in Silicon Valley’s housing problem?

Leslye Corsiglia, executive director of SV@Home, notes that Apple’s commitment of $2.5 billion toward California’s housing crisis can provide a subsidy amount of $125,000 per unit, she said, which could be leveraged into 20,000 units.   By Jody Meacham │ Silicon Valley Business Journal Nov 4, 2019, 3:06pm PST Updated Nov 4, 2019, 5:14pm PST […]

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Matter of Fact Soledad O’Brien: State of Inequality? Why are so many in California struggling to get by on a six-figure income

Michael Lane, Deputy Director, SV@Home weighs in on the Bay Area Housing “Catastrophe” and how we got to the point of extreme inequity. Check out the video featured in Soledad O’Brien’s Matter of Fact: State of Inequality Californians struggle with some of the highest home prices in the country with a median price that tops […]

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Silicon Valley at Home Sponsors Debate for Santa Clara County Supervisorial Candidates in District 4

Close to 100 people attended a forum hosted by Silicon Valley at Home (SV@Home) and Destination: Home at the Hoover Theater in San Jose’s Rose Garden neighborhood as part of Affordable Housing Week 2018, where candidates running to succeed Ken Yeager as Santa Clara County supervisor in District 4 discussed the County’s role in responding to the […]

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(L to r:) D4 supervisorial candidates Jason Baker, Don Rocha, Sue Ellenberg, and Pierluigi Oliverio.