Featured Article | June 6, 2024
San Jose Budget Call to Action: Save Measure E for Affordable Housing in San Jose
Measure E is San Jose’s dedicated, ongoing source of funding for affordable housing. It was passed by voters in 2020 with an adopted expenditure plan that restricted 90% of the funds for building affordable homes, including permanent supportive housing, to provide a path to stability for unhoused residents of the city. SV@Home sponsored the campaign […]
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September 1, 2017
San Jose Mercury News: Inclusionary housing law will create more affordable apartments
As the state housing package nears a vote in the California legislature, the attention of…
August 31, 2017
San Jose Mercury News: Bay Area Housing Crisis—Advocates call for action and creative solutions
SV@Home Board Member Katie Ferrick of LinkedIn was recently quoted in a San Jose Mercury…
August 25, 2017
SPUR proposes 120,000 new units to help ease housing crisis
SPUR released an informative report about housing solutions in San Jose that will lead to…
August 17, 2017
San Jose Explores Expanding Developers’ Options for Mitigating Affordable Housing Need
The City of San Jose’s Housing Department recently released its recommendations regarding potential modifications to…
August 14, 2017
8-14-17 Newsletter
https://svathome.salsalabs.org/8_14_17_newsletter Highlights Measure A Guidelines Approved by Board of Supervisors Supervisor Cindy Chavez speaks at the…
August 3, 2017
Los Gatos Town Council approves North 40 Phase I project, but fight to define the Town’s character continues
On Tuesday, August 1st, the Los Gatos City Council approved the North 40 Phase I…
July 28, 2017
Financial Times: Google and Facebook lay foundations for modern-day company towns
The housing crisis in the Bay Area is fast becoming an issue of international concern.…
July 27, 2017
San Francisco Chronicle: Facebook cafeteria workers living in garage with 3 kids—What it says about Silicon Valley living
Low income workers continue to struggle to get by in Silicon Valley. As housing prices…
July 25, 2017
Los Gatos Town Council Deliberations on North 40 to Continue on August 1st
After more than 10 years, hundreds of public meetings, a lawsuit, and a court order, the fight…