What Happened at San Jose’s “Housing Day?”
It was a mixed bag in San Jose on Tuesday, January 27th with Council decisions that included both significant wins and some disappointing outcomes over nearly nine hours of Council deliberation. We will continue to advocate fiercely for all our cities and towns across Santa Clara County to make decisions about housing that are rooted […]
There’s More Time to Protect Housing Affordability in San Jose’s IHO!
San Jose continues to face a severe and worsening housing affordability crisis. In this environment, we need every tool at our disposal to support housing affordability. The IHO has been one of the City’s most effective tools for producing affordable homes, generating $47 million in in-lieu fees since its inception and supporting an average of […]
Speak Out to Protect Housing Affordability in San Jose’s IHO
Image: Swenson. New Facchino development at Berryessa BART urban village, delivering 260 affordable homes through the IHO Did you know San José is considering a housing policy that would label some homes as ‘affordable,’ even though they’d actually cost more than the rent on a typical apartment? Right now, most of our Inclusionary Housing units, […]
The Grand Nexus: A Shared Foundation for Stronger Housing Policies
A multi-jurisdictional study is helping cities across Santa Clara County lay the groundwork for stronger affordable housing policies. The Grand Nexus Study will support cities as they implement Housing Element commitments—offering the data and analysis needed to justify new or expanded fees and inclusionary requirements. As cities across Santa Clara County move to implement their […]
Policy Rundown – October 15, 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. Sunnyvale Adopts Housing Strategy, Moves Forward on Mobilehomes On Tuesday, the Sunnyvale City Council adopted a comprehensive Housing Strategy that includes dozens of policy items for city staff to pursue and ranks them according to […]
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 […]
Milpitas: Takes Action on Fees for Affordable Housing
At its March 5th meeting, the Milpitas City Council took action to finalize its affordable housing ordinance, setting in-lieu fee levels for its housing inclusionary ordinance and establishing new non-residential impact fees (otherwise known as Commercial Linkage Fees). Milpitas joins many of its neighboring cities in adopting a CLF. San Jose is in the process […]
San Jose: New Zoning Approved for Co-Living Downtown
On Tuesday, San Jose’s City Council considered a proposal to add to the zoning code a new section for Co-Living developments downtown. The Co-Living housing model has become popular in other cities around the country as a high-density response to the need for a range of housing types at different price points in urban cores. […]
San Jose: Council Approves 582 New Homes at the Stevens Creek Promenade
Late in the evening at Tuesday’s Council meeting, the council took up the approval of Stevens Creek Promenade, a large mixed use development proposed by FortBay at 4300 Stevens Creek Boulevard in the Stevens Creek Urban Village. The Stevens Creek Promenade is a Signature Project under San Jose’s Urban Village Planning process, which means that […]
Morgan Hill: Adopts In-lieu Fees for Inclusionary Housing Ordinance
On October 17th, the Morgan Hill City Council took action to set in lieu fees for its Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, which was approved in July of this year. For projects outside of the downtown, Morgan Hill’s ordinance requires that 15% of the homes be affordable. For those that are located in downtown, 10% of the […]
