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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January 18, 2024
Heart and Home Column from Joshua Ishimatsu
Neighborhoods and a Social Model of Advantage/DisadvantageWhen I was in my mid-20s and living in…
January 18, 2024
A pair of exciting new training programs are available from SV@Home!
SV@Home has developed two timely training programs in response to concerns we’ve heard from across…
December 21, 2023
Community Reinvestment Act: Navigating New Rules for Affordable Housing and Community Development
The recent updates to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) have stirred both disappointment and optimism…
December 21, 2023
Affordable Housing Developer Roundtable discusses declining local resources and the importance of the pending regional housing bond
On November 30th, SV@Home hosted its quarterly Affordable Housing Developer Roundtable to discuss the limited…
December 21, 2023
Housing Element Update 12/21
It is usually necessary for each city to rezone a portion of land within its…
December 21, 2023
Palo Alto Rent Registry
Since 2017, the City of Palo Alto has actively pursued the study and implementation of…
December 21, 2023
San Jose City Council Votes to Protect Mobilehome Parks with New Zoning
Photo credit to San Jose Spotlight Last week, the San Jose City Council voted to…
December 21, 2023
Measure A Update
In a significant milestone for affordable housing in Santa Clara County, the Santa Clara County…
December 14, 2023
A message from Regina Celestin Williams
A message from our Executive Director, Regina Celestin Williams: The holiday season is the perfect…