Featured Article | October 10, 2024
The Community-Based Developer Collective: Why Place Matters in Community Development
By: Gabriel Frank-McPheter Acknowledgements: Thank you to Deland Chan and Remy De La Peza for supervising this project, and to Eric Wu for assisting in data collection and producing the graphs and charts in this memo. A special thank you to all of the members of the CBDC for their feedback. This work builds on […]
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October 10, 2024
Potential Changes to Inclusionary Housing Requirements in San Jose
Image: Prado Apartments, Santa Clara What is an Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (IHO)? Inclusionary housing ordinances…
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…