Featured Article | February 13, 2025
Preparing for ICE Actions at Affordable Housing Developments and Community-Serving Nonprofits
Image: Santa Clara Rapid Response Network Since the advent of the new federal administration, we have seen an increase in local activity by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It is important for affordable housing developers and other community-serving organizations to have protocols in place in the event of an interaction with ICE, and to provide […]
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October 10, 2024
Heart and Home Column by Josh Ishimatsu: The Fall of MACSA and Lessons for the Future of Community Development in Santa Clara County
In this edition of our newsletter, we have a couple of other pieces about community…
October 10, 2024
The Community Roots Collaborative Goes to Oakland!
SV@Home continues to bring together the Community Roots Collaborative (CRC), a cohort of over 15…
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…
October 10, 2024
New Laws Clarifying and Limiting Builder’s Remedy Will Take Effect Soon
Image: Redco Development and Midar Investment want to employ the state builder’s remedy to build…
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…