Six Years of Accomplishments

In the summer of 2015, SV@Home opened its doors with the vision of a Silicon Valley where all people had access to a safe, secure, and affordable home. While we know our job is far from done, we can look back over the past six years and celebrate the important progress that’s been made. From opening up more land for housing, to ensuring that land use plans and developments prioritize affordability, to supporting the development of new affordable homes, to advocating for proactive housing solutions, to increasing the funding available to build new affordable developments, SV@Home has worked tirelessly to respond to the housing challenges in Santa Clara County and beyond. The map below shows highlights of our policy work. Click on an icon to see the results (and click farther if you want to learn more)!

In addition to our policy and research work, we have prioritized education and learning opportunities for everyone from policy wonks to those just beginning to learn about housing, hosting dozens of forums and workshops each year and coordinating May’s annual Affordable Housing Month. We incubated the Coalition of Housers (CoHo) to provide career development opportunities for emerging housing leaders. We worked hard to change the narrative around housing with fact-based messaging and compelling personal stories. And we created a new 501 (c)(4) nonprofit called the SV@Home Action Fund to support legislative solutions and manage ballot campaigns.

We look back on the past six years with gratitude for all of the people who worked alongside us to achieve these wins and implement these strategies. We know that none of our successes would have been possible without the strong coalition of partner agencies, the development community, our local government staff, and the many many individual supporters (affectionately known as housers), all of whom come together with the mutual goal of providing housing for our community members. Thank you all!

Interested in SV@Home’s history? Check it out here!

• Money
• Advocacy
• Policy
• Housing Development
• Land Use Plans