The apartment is slated for a 45-acre swath of land in the Calle del Mundo neighborhood and is part of a larger mixed-use development.

As state lawmakers debate measures that would allow homeless students to park overnight on campus, dorms offers an alternate path.

Sam Liccardo wants to offer financial incentives for San Jose homeowners who build accessory dwelling units on their property.

Last month, Cecilia Martin became one of more than 140 once-chronically homeless tenants to move into the first-of-its-kind complex.

The question of whether to raise taxes forged an unlikely alliance between the most conservative and most progressive council members. 

Proponents framed the project as exactly the type of development that San Jose needs to correct its stubborn jobs-housing imbalance.

SB 50 would have prevented cities from banning mid-rise apartments around public transit, but it failed to advance past a key committee.

If elected officials had the political will, they’d address the issues with the seriousness it deserves rather than platitudes like “we can do better.”

San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent.

A unique proposal going before the council aims to give instructors at Santa Clara University a way to weather the affordability crisis.