Strengthening Tenant Protections with the Gilroy Housing Coalition
SV@Home is partnering with the Gilroy Housing Coalition to help advance community-driven strategies that address the city’s significant housing challenges, including high cost burdens, overcrowding, and a severe mismatch between wages and available affordable homes. Through monthly meetings, SV@Home provides policy expertise, technical assistance, and organizing support to help the coalition align its goals with […]
From Data to Action: Turning the Grand Nexus into Stronger Housing Policies
The Grand Nexus Study is moving from research to real-world impact, equipping Santa Clara County cities with the tools to adopt or strengthen Inclusionary Housing Ordinances, Residential Impact Fees, and Commercial Linkage Fees. Here’s how each policy works, which cities are considering them, and why right-sizing matters. In our last article, we introduced the Grand […]
Policy Rundown – May 4, 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. More Money and Action Needed to Respond to the Impact of COVID-19 on Housing SV@Home signed on to a letter from the Northern California Association for Non-Profit Housing (NPH) and All Home to push for […]
Countywide RHNA Annual Progress Reporting: Falling short on affordable housing production
Annual reports show county’s cities are falling short on affordable housing production even as they surpass targets for market-rate development Recent reports on housing production for 2015-2018 show that the cities in Santa Clara County continue to fall far short of affordable housing goals, while on track to meet or exceed their targets for market-rate […]
15 Cities and the County: All in on the RHNA Subregion
As of Wednesday, February 6th, when the Cupertino City Council took action, all 15 cities and the County have voted to join the RHNA Subregion. The Cities Association of Santa Clara County coordinated the effort, first gauging interest from all cities, then asking them to formally join. SV@Home is supportive of the formation of a […]
Gilroy: Roadblock to Multi-Family Development Approvals Set to Expire
The Gilroy City Council voted on Monday, February 4th to end a 45-day interim Urgency Ordinance preventing approval of any multi-family residential development projects in the city. The Council enacted the ordinance on January 7th, 2019 due to concerns that entitling multi-family development may be in conflict with housing priorities that the city is currently in […]
