Policy Rundown – November 8th, 2019
Welcome to SV@Home’s Policy Rundown, your need-to-know overview of important housing policy actions and developments from the past two weeks. Stanford General Use Permit Following months of back-and-forth negotiations and discussions, Stanford University announced late last week that it would withdraw its General Use Permit (GUP) application that was set for a vote by the […]
Policy Rundown – October 10th, 2019
Welcome to SV@Home’s Policy Rundown, your need-to-know overview of important housing policy actions and developments from the past two weeks. While there was a lot of activity on state legislation this week, other jurisdictions were also addressing housing: San Jose Anti-Displacement Study Session On October 1st, the San Jose City Council held a study session […]
Policy Rundown – September 26, 2019
Welcome to SV@Home’s Policy Rundown, your need-to-know overview of important housing policy actions and developments from the past two weeks. For an update on San Jose housing items from this week, please see this San Jose-focused post. On September 24th, the Mountain View City Council approved bans on oversized vehicle parking across the majority of […]
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 […]
