September 12, 2019 Measure A-Funded Down Payment Loans Move First-Time Buyers into Homes of Their Own By Grace Hase The down payment assistance program comprises a 30-year deferred loan for up to 17 percent of a property’s purchase price. Read More 4
September 12, 2019 Stealing Home: Weak Oversight Leaves Rent-Subsidy Fraud Unchecked for Years on End By Jennifer Wadsworth The local housing agency says it doesn't aggressively pursue fraud. As a result, scammers fall under the radar for years—and sometimes decades. Read More 10
September 10, 2019 San Jose Cancels Overnight Parking Program for Homeless Families at Seven Trees By Grace Hase Families who were parking overnight outside Seven Trees Community Center will be moving onto a different kind of shelter: a motel room. Read More 5
September 9, 2019 San Jose Considers Funding Motel Vouchers for the Homeless By Grace Hase On Tuesday, the San Jose City Council is expected to approve a $1.95 million contract with the nonprofit LifeMoves. Read More 6
September 9, 2019 San Jose to Consider Forgivable Loans For Backyard Cottages By Grace Hase The loan initiative is being championed by Mayor Sam Liccardo and council members Magdalena Carrasco, Sylvia Arenas and Pam Foley. Read More 7
September 8, 2019 SJ Poised to Renew Contracts with Homeless Service Providers By Nicholas Chan Up for consideration are grants that would fund PATH, the Bill Wilson Center and a mobile hygiene program called Dignity on Wheels. Read More 2
September 6, 2019 First ‘Granny Flat’ Design Approved Under San Jose’s Fledgling ADU Master Plan By Grace Hase To help spur more backyard cottage construction, the city has given its seal of pre-approval to one vendor’s 495-square-foot dwelling design. Read More 11
September 5, 2019 Thousands of Silicon Valley College Students Struggle with Homelessness, Hunger By San Jose Inside The South Bay’s poorest pupils sleep in cars, on couches and in the library—all while holding down day jobs and earning degrees. Read More 23
August 28, 2019 San Jose Unveils Plan to Make ‘Granny Flat’ Construction Simpler, More Affordable By Nicholas Chan The proposal is part of a broader effort to add 25,000 units—10,000 of them below-market-rate—to the city’s housing supply by 2022. Read More 14
August 19, 2019 Santa Clara County Seeks Public Land for Measure A Housing By Kyle Martin The county is trying to find what land it already owns on which to build below-market-rate housing for the region’s poorest residents. Read More 5
August 13, 2019 San Jose Outlaws Section 8 Voucher Discrimination By Grace Hase The initiative, which passed in a 9-2 vote, will come back for another reading and is slated to go into effect toward the end of September. Read More 8
August 13, 2019 Santa Clara County Offers to Fund Housing for Disabled Residents By Silicon Valley Newsroom Supervisor Joe Simitian called the spending plan a “smart, humane and cost-effective” way to prevent homelessness. Read More 3
August 12, 2019 San Jose Considers Law to Prevent Sec. 8 Discrimination By Grace Hase Low-income renters and homeless people struggling to find a place to live that accepts housing subsidies may soon find some relief. Read More 18
August 10, 2019 The Veranda, County’s First Measure A Housing Complex, Celebrates Grand Opening By Kyle Martin Three years after voters approved the $950 million affordable housing bond, the first project funded by the initiative is finally finished. Read More 6
August 9, 2019 Carol Hoffman Opens Up About Her Bid for Campbell Council By Nicholas Chan The 57-year-old high-tech program manager is up against Sergio Lopez for Campbell Council’s newly created District 2 seat. Read More 4
July 25, 2019 Catalyze SV Hires Alex Shoor as Its First-Ever Executive Director By Nicholas Chan The San Jose native says the public needs to be more engaged in development to address the dire shortfall of places to live in Silicon Valley. Read More 2