Building on Success: 2016 Housing Bond Creates Five More Projects
Santa Clara County is celebrating major progress on affordable housing with five developments recently breaking ground or opening their doors. Made possible through the 2016 Affordable Housing Bond (2016’s Measure A), these projects will provide hundreds of affordable homes for families, seniors, veterans, and residents overcoming homelessness in San José and Los Altos. Over the […]
Campbell, Sunnyvale, and Los Altos Just Earned Pro-Housing Status—Is San Jose Next?
San Jose may soon join the growing list of Santa Clara County jurisdictions recognized for their proactive housing efforts. With a draft application now open for public comment through August 17, the City is actively pursuing the State of California’s Pro-housing Designation which would unlock additional resources and signal its commitment to accelerating housing production. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Impact Fees for Housing Gain Traction
Following the completion of the Countywide Affordable Housing Nexus Study in 2016—which determined the linkage between new market rate housing and commercial development on the need for new affordable homes—a number of jurisdictions moved forward to adopt housing impact fees and commercial linkage fees. In the wake of AB 1505, which recognized the zoning […]
Santa Clara County Jurisdictions Take Action on Housing Impact Fees
Over the last few weeks, three jurisdictions – the County of Santa Clara, the City of Los Altos, and the City of Santa Clara – took steps toward adopting housing impact fees for both non-residential development (AKA commercial linkage fees) and residential development (both rental and for-sale housing). SV@Home and many of our partner […]
