Policy Rundown – January 15th, 2020
Welcome to SV@Home’s Policy Rundown, your need-to-know overview of important housing policy actions and developments from the past two weeks as well as key upcoming items where you can get engaged. Affordable Housing in the Civic Center Master Plan The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors expressed its support for the prioritization of affordable housing […]
State Legislature Acts on Housing Affordability — 2019 is the #Year4Housing
Beginning in December, our State legislators– particularly those from the Bay Area Caucus– began to introduce legislation that seeks to address the regional and the statewide housing crisis. Over the past several weeks, there has been a flurry of activity in the State Capitol, with members introducing and subsequently amending over 200 bills that have a […]
Milpitas: 355 Sango Court Financing and ADU Ordinance Under Discussion
The Milpitas City Council had a packed agenda on January 15th with both a Measure A development and the City’s ADU ordinance under consideration. First, the Council, acting jointly as the Milpitas Housing Authority, unanimously directed staff to research a funding request from Resources for Community Development (RCD), the developer of 355 Sango Court, a […]
Los Altos Leaders Amend ADU Ordinance
The Los Altos City Council took action to amend the City’s Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance during its June 26th council meeting. SV@Home advocated for changes to the ordinance to increase the maximum allowed square footage to 1,200 square feet, relax the design standards to allow for pre-fabricated secondary units, and remove the setback provision […]
San Jose Considers Changes to Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance
On Tuesday, June 19th , the City Council will consider changes to the City’s municipal code to make building an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) easier for San Jose residents. Although ADUs are a naturally affordable housing option, add to the housing stock without the need for public subsidy, and are a better way to use limited […]
San Jose to Update Accessory Dwelling Unit Rules
On June 12th, the San Jose Planning Department will bring recommendations forward to the City Council to revise the City’s Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance to increase the number of lots that will qualify and to incorporate other changes that would increase the feasibility of new ADU development. ADUs are a more naturally affordable housing […]
Housing Shorts
Check out these housing shorts about local and Statewide legislative issues! Measure B— On next week’s ballot you will find San Jose’s Measure B, an initiative that would amend the Envision 2040 General Plan, the San Jose municipal code, and the Evergreen East Hills development policy to allow the development of a 900-unit housing development […]
Palo Alto ‘granny units’ encouraged by new zoning rules
Palo Alto’s city council recently made it easier to build ADUs – a great victory for the supply of affordable housing in one of the Bay Area’s most expensive real estate markets! Check out the Mercury’s summary of the Council’s decision: The council voted 6-2 to allow the following: * Elimination of lot size requirements […]
