RSVP for Happy Housers Today
RSVP TODAY! Join Us and Celebrate! Come Network with Fellow Housers Connect with the Leaders of Housing Movement! Come out and connect with the folks who see housing – especially affordable housing – as one of the best ways to build more livable, resilient, diverse, and thriving communities for your children, your parents, your […]
Join Happy Housers Oct. 26
RSVP TODAY! Oct. 26 Happy Housers with Co-Hosts San Francisco Foundation and SJSU Institute of Metropolitan Studies SV@Home and its Coalition of Housers (CoHo), with special co-hosts The San Francisco Foundation and the San Jose State University Institute of Metropolitan Studies, invite you to join us for Happy Housers on Wednesday, October 26 at […]
ACTION ALERT: Tell San Jose Housing Department We Need More Affordable Housing Everywhere!
ACTION ALERT: Tell San Jose Housing Department We Need More Affordable Housing Everywhere! We need policies that expand choices, not ones that use maps to deprive poorer communities of affordable housing investments San Jose’s Housing Department is conducting Affordable Housing Siting Policy Community Meetings Thursday and Friday. Tell the City of San Jose that […]
SV@Home Team Highlights! The People Behind the Advocacy: Alison Cingolani
While there are some big changes happening at SV@Home, one thing that isn’t changing is our incredible team’s commitment to housing policy advocacy and work! That’s why we’re excited to highlight our talented and committed policy team staff so you can learn more about the people behind the advocacy. So join us in meeting the […]
‘There’s nowhere to go:’ Peninsula tenants face eviction as rent control expires
Decades ago, said Michael Lane of the affordable housing advocacy group SV@Home, cities weren’t thinking too far ahead. “Unfortunately, when programs first began, there were relatively short terms for deed restrictions and people didn’t really think about what happens on the back end,” Lane said. “It’s a real problem.” By EMILY DERUY | ederuy@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News […]
Apple Pledges $2.5 Billion to Ease California Housing Crisis
Leslye Corsiglia, executive director for Silicon Valley at Home, applauds Apple’s contribution. “I don’t think one corporation is going to solve the problem, but it’s nice to have Apple at the table, particularly to the extent that it encourages other companies.” MATTHEW RENDA │Courthouse News Service November 4, 2019 (CN) – Apple committed […]
How big a dent could Apple’s $2.5B make in Silicon Valley’s housing problem?
Leslye Corsiglia, executive director of SV@Home, notes that Apple’s commitment of $2.5 billion toward California’s housing crisis can provide a subsidy amount of $125,000 per unit, she said, which could be leveraged into 20,000 units. By Jody Meacham │ Silicon Valley Business Journal Nov 4, 2019, 3:06pm PST Updated Nov 4, 2019, 5:14pm PST […]
Matter of Fact Soledad O’Brien: State of Inequality? Why are so many in California struggling to get by on a six-figure income
Michael Lane, Deputy Director, SV@Home weighs in on the Bay Area Housing “Catastrophe” and how we got to the point of extreme inequity. Check out the video featured in Soledad O’Brien’s Matter of Fact: State of Inequality Californians struggle with some of the highest home prices in the country with a median price that tops […]
Cupertino: Planning Commission Takes Action on Vallco
Plans for development on the former Vallco Mall site in Cupertino are moving forward. On September 4th, the Cupertino Planning Commission voted 4-1 to approve the draft Vallco Specific Plan and a draft Development Agreement. A packed house of local citizens and advocates provided comments on the proposals, with the topic of housing dominating public […]
