Housing Element Update 9/21
San Jose may lose access to millions in state funding On Tuesday, August 28th, San Jose received a second letter from the state’s Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD) outlining deficiencies in the draft submitted earlier in the summer. The letter describes a significant amount of work the City must still do, and city […]
5th Cycle Housing Element Recap
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has released cities’ progress toward their housing goals through the end of 2022- just one month short of the end of the 8-year cycle. The results show we have collectively failed to build the affordable housing we need across the county. The chart below shows a […]
San Jose: Council receives reports on affordable housing shortfall
On Tuesday, March 19th, the San Jose City Council received two reports on the housing crisis: the six month update on the Housing Crisis Workplan, and the Housing Element Progress Report. The Housing Crisis Workplan was approved by Council in June of 2018 as an ambitious and wide-ranging effort intended to facilitate the development of […]
