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After spending two months and more than $1.3 million repairing dozens of dilapidated state-owned trailers for homeless residents, San Jose … Continue reading San Jose spent $1.3 million on trailers for homeless. A month later, the site was shut down.
COVID-19 has given Gov. Gavin Newsom the authority to commandeer vacant hotels—but he isn’t using it. Source: California could house … Continue reading California could house 150,000 homeless residents in empty hotel rooms – Curbed
San Jose Explores New Anti-Displacement Measures For Mobile Home Parks https://www.sanjoseinside.com/2020/03/09/san-jose-explores-new-anti-displacement-measures-for-mobile-home-parks/ Continue reading California mayors want to tax second homes to pay for homeless relief
California mayors want to tax second homes to pay for homeless relief https://sf.curbed.com/2020/3/9/21171856/chiu-mid-tax-mayors-sf-oakland-san-jose-bay-area Continue reading California mayors want to tax second homes to pay for homeless relief
Smart Cities Source: Fear is a main barrier in counting homeless populations | Smart Cities Dive Continue reading Fear is a main barrier in counting homeless populations | Smart Cities Dive
The city of San Jose just added a single new unit of housing, a one-bed, one-bath in-law unit measuring 500 … Continue reading How to build a home in San Jose in just 12 weeks
As community members and San Jose officials work to revamp development and growth plans around Diridon Station, one housing nonprofit … Continue reading Housing nonprofit to San Jose Diridon Station area planners: Go big
More than 1.5 million residents fled the Bay Area between 2010 and 2016 due in part to the rising cost-of-living, … Continue reading New report paints a bleak picture of displacement in San Jose
Michael Lane retweeted: This morning I toured the portable living units offered by the San Jose Conservation Corps. Thank you … Continue reading Toured the portable living units offered by the San Jose Conservation Corps. Thank you for your dedication to our youth and community. I remain committed to addressing our housing and homelessness crisis. #homelessness #housing https://t.co/zSnWerTAn0 — homelessness via San Jose Community
Bay Area renters might be turned off by hefty apartment prices, tiny spaces and random roommates, but when they look … Continue reading Bay Area apartment hunters stick to nearby cities
A ruling this week by a state appeals court on how California cities must sell their surplus land to prioritize … Continue reading State ruling on San Jose-owned land sales may hit other cities harder
A ruling this week by a state appeals court on how California cities must sell their surplus land to prioritize … Continue reading State ruling on San Jose-owned land sales may hit other cities harder
Baby Boomer Exodus Will Boost Housing Supply: Report https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Baby-Boomer-Exodus-Eventually-Will-Boost-Bay-Area-Housing-Supply-Report-565508101.html A wave of new homes for sale will hit the Bay … Continue reading Baby Boomer Exodus Eventually Will Boost Bay Area Housing Supply: Report
As rents skyrocket, so do security deposits. Rhino substitutes insurance for a deposit—and is working with policymakers to institute renter-friendly … Continue reading Rhino wants to help renters avoid massive security deposits
The cost of housing is going up almost everywhere in California but people in Stockton are being hit hard as … Continue reading Bay Area Supercommuters Drive Stockton Rent Increases to 2nd-Highest in Nation – CBS San Francisco
San Jose should extend a tax-break on high-rise development Continue reading Labor, Business Spar Over San Jose’s High-Rise Tax Breaks
Small Homes, Big Impact is a new pilot program from Housing Trust offering free educational workshops and financial assistance to … Continue reading Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Program
Bisnow The Bay Area’s largest city could see thousands of co-living units coming, starting with the sector’s largest project ever … Continue reading Why San Jose Could Catch New York City In Co-Living Development
In mid-June, the New York Times publishedten zoning mapsof major American cities. These brilliantly rendered maps illustrate the degree to … Continue reading Single-Family Zoning in the San Francisco Bay Area
Could California force homeless people to accept shelter space against their will? Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Los Angeles County … Continue reading Can California Force Homeless People Into Shelters? Civil Rights Groups Call Plan Legally Questionable.