Featured Article | April 9, 2025
Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes: Who Pays the Price?
California has a severe shortage of affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income (ELI) renters —a deficit of nearly 1 million units. According to a recent report, the Gap, from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, only 24 affordable homes are available for every 100 ELI renter households in the state. And according to […]
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October 10, 2024
The City of San Jose takes action to require safety retrofits of soft-story buildings, but more analysis of financial impacts on tenants is needed
Image: Soft-story apartment building collapse in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, L.A. Times Soft-story buildings are…
September 26, 2024
Tasman East Update: Community Meeting and Development Progress
On September 12th, Related Santa Clara hosted a vibrant community meeting to update residents on…
September 11, 2024
Heart and Home Column by Josh Ishimatsu: The Value of a Home
This will be a shorter column this month. By the time this is posted, my…
September 11, 2024
San Jose Rent Stabilization Strategic Plan
Photo courtesy of San Jose Spotlight In 2016, the City Auditor released a report with…
September 11, 2024
SV@Home Advocates for Mountain View Gatekeeper Project
We are pleased to share our recent advocacy efforts for a vital mixed-use project at…
August 29, 2024
Policy Intern Project: Mapping the History and Displacement of Santa Clara County’s Black Community
By: Gabriel Frank-McPheter This summer, I had the honor of working at SV@Home as a…
August 29, 2024
It Could Happen Now: Star Trek DS9, the Bell Riots, & Sci-fi Lessons for Housing
According to Star Trek lore, the Bell Riots will occur this coming Sunday, September 1st,…
August 29, 2024
SV@Home Champions the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park Redevelopment
Photo by Magali Gauthier, Palo Alto Online At SV@Home, we are excited to support the…
August 29, 2024
Sunnyvale Commits Funding and Land Towards Affordable Housing
Photo courtesy of Sunnyvale Last week, the City of Sunnyvale took significant steps to facilitate…