The down payment assistance program comprises a 30-year deferred loan for up to 17 percent of a property’s purchase price.

The local housing agency says it doesn't aggressively pursue fraud. As a result, scammers fall under the radar for years—and sometimes decades.

Families who were parking overnight outside Seven Trees Community Center will be moving onto a different kind of shelter: a motel room.

On Tuesday, the San Jose City Council is expected to approve a $1.95 million contract with the nonprofit LifeMoves.

The loan initiative is being championed by Mayor Sam Liccardo and council members Magdalena Carrasco, Sylvia Arenas and Pam Foley.

Up for consideration are grants that would fund PATH, the Bill Wilson Center and a mobile hygiene program called Dignity on Wheels.

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.

The South Bay’s poorest pupils sleep in cars, on couches and in the library—all while holding down day jobs and earning degrees.

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.

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.