April 18, 2023 HUD Announces $11.1M Grant to Combat Homelessness in Santa Clara County By San Jose Inside The federal grant targets unsheltered and rural homelessness in San Jose and Santa Clara County. Read More 2
August 5, 2020 Housing Authority Evacuates Office After Covid-19 Exposure By Jennifer Wadsworth Management sent everyone home at 2:30pm, prompting an exodus from the Julian Street facility that’s been closed to clients since March. Read More 15
August 4, 2020 SCC Housing Authority Employees Balk at Demand to Return to Covid-Exposed Office By Emanuel Lee Housing Authority workers says there isn’t a single thing they can do in the office that they couldn’t accomplish more safely from home. Read More 26
September 19, 2019 Housing Authority Removes Language Discouraging Anonymous Fraud Claims By Jennifer Wadsworth Previously, the agency demanded identifying information about the complainant as a condition of investigating tips about non-compliance. Read More 7
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
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
June 5, 2019 After Decades Without Shelter, San Jose Woman Finds Home of Her Own at Second St. Studios By Jennifer Wadsworth Last month, Cecilia Martin became one of more than 140 once-chronically homeless tenants to move into the first-of-its-kind complex. Read More 22
March 12, 2018 Citing Transparency Issues, San Jose May Part Ways with Santa Clara County Housing Authority By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose wants to wrest control of its subsidized rent programs from the Santa Clara County Housing Authority. Read More 10