Housing officials report that the number of new housing units completed and occupied under Measure A is not quite 25% of the bond's goal of 4,800 new affordable housing units set in 2016.
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Gov. Newsom’s Promise to Build 3.5M Housing Units Falls Short
Newsom campaigned on housing production, an issue important to many Californians. But despite some accomplishments, the housing crisis is worse now than when he took office.
State’s Newest Housing Law Abolishes Some Parking Mandates
The new law prevents cities from requiring new developments near public transit to set aside space specifically for parking.
Newsom Identifies New State-owned Sites Where Affordable Housing Can Be Built
The governor also signed six climate bills into law, including one that keeps the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to stay open until 2030.
Newsom Announces $694 Million for More Than 2,500 New Homeless Housing Units
Today’s Homekey awards include $51.6 million for 204 interim units in San Jose and $26.6 million for 108 interim units in Palo Alto.
Divisions Among Construction Trade Unions Threaten to Wreck Affordable Housing Bills
With time running out, state lawmakers likely will have to choose between alienating a powerful union and streamlining affordable housing development, as construction trades are at an impasse regarding their support for key housing legislation.
COVID Aid Program Could Help Ease California’s Housing Crisis
An emergency housing voucher program offers improvements to the decades-old federal solution to the housing affordability crisis, but landlord reluctance remains a crucial hurdle.
Silicon Valley Power Launches EV Charging Assistance Program for Multifamily Housing, Schools
The program launched by the electric utility owned and operated by the City of Santa Clara will help multifamily properties, schools, and businesses successfully plan, fund and install EV charging stations.
What’s Up With the Crazy Housing Market?
Rising mortgage rates. Faltering home sales. Skyrocketing rents. Here’s how to make sense of a baffling real estate market.
Sizzling Housing Market in Bay Area Starts to Cool, but Still Tops U.S. Prices
Sale prices in some counties in 2022 are increasing at half the rate of a year ago, and total home sales in the Bay Area in May were 11.5 percent lower than last year.
Santa Clara County Begins Virtual Workshops Seeking Community Ideas on Housing Needs
Community engagement will include a series of public meetings hosted between July and September, which began with the first workshop today, July 6.
San José City Council OKs New ‘Quick-Build’ Housing, Hotel Conversions
The City Council voted Tuesday to build 400 more emergency interim housing units, buy Arena Hotel with state funds and finance 561 new affordable housing units.
State Awards City of San Jose $54.8M for Affordable Housing Construction
The city says that the state housing and transportation funds will provide 79 units of affordable housing, bike/pedestrian transportation improvements to Roosevelt Park and two electric buses for VTA.
San José Pledges $205M Measure E Funds for New Affordable and Interim Housing
Mayor Sam Liccardo’s stated goal is to have 1,000 units of interim housing planned, under construction, or completed by the end of 2022.
Labor Union Split Stalls California’s Latest Affordable Housing Plan
A new bill aimed at increasing affordable housing construction is back by California’s carpenters’ unions, but the Construction and Building Trades Council is opposed, saying it doesn't guarantee union wages.
Santa Clara County to Convert Housing Complexes to Affordable Housing
The supervisors unanimously approved the purchase of four properties, creating 324 affordable housing units: two in San Jose, one in Morgan Hill and one in Santa Clara.
