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Featured Article | July 18, 2024
RM 4 and Prop 5: What’s in a name?
We have some big updates about our goal of raising $20 billion for affordable housing in the Bay Area, including $4.5 billion for San Jose and Santa Clara County. The regional measure and statewide constitutional amendment have their official ballot designations: RM 4 and Prop 5. First, the Bay Area regional affordable housing bond, which […]
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April 4, 2024
San Jose Spotlight: Milpitas Launches Rent Relief Program for Local Workers
Mathew Reed, Director of Policy at SV@Home, spoke about the program and said, “It reduces…
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February 2, 2024
Mercury News: State OKs San Jose’s Housing Element, Restoring Local Control over zoning
One year late and three drafts in, San Jose has finally earned state regulators’ approval…
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November 1, 2023
San Jose Spotlight: Milpitas’ barrier to building affordable housing is money
Mathew Reed, Director of Policy at SV@Home, spoke on a panel of advocates and policy experts…
![New affordable homes at the Berryessa BART station](https://siliconvalleyathome.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Berryessa-Rendering-1024x683-1.jpg)
June 29, 2023
San Jose Spotlight: Affordable housing to be built by San Jose transit center
Mathew Reed, Director of Policy at SV@Home, said this development is a step in the right…
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June 26, 2023
San Jose Spotlight: San Jose wants to help renters fight evictions
Join SV@Home for June’s Policy in Action event on tenant right to counsel, on Zoom…
June 21, 2023
Mercury News: Can San Jose add 75,000 more homes over the next decade? Here’s where the city is planning new housing
The 6th Cycle Housing Element process is a unique opportunity to plan to meet the…
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June 15, 2023
Mercury News: San Jose Council shifts millions in affordable housing funds to interim housing — but not as much as the mayor wanted
Mathew Reed, Director of Policy at the housing nonprofit SV@Home, called the compromise on Tuesday…
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April 6, 2023
Mercury News: County approves plans to spend another $17 million to build 300 affordable units in San Jose
Mathew Reed, SV@Home’s Director of Policy, says new affordable housing developments show Santa Clara County’s…
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March 19, 2023
Will San Jose greenlight new affordable housing policy?
As part of our work to preserve existing affordable housing and build community control of…