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.

Some $138.5 million won’t be going into San Jose’s affordable housing fund this year because of exemptions to market-rate housing projects.

The City Council will hear an update on the city’s affordable housing plan, among other development-related items on the agenda.

Through this mechanism of retaining land ownership, we expect that Measure A funds will support the housing needs voters approved.

The county needs to make more deals happen and gain as much leverage as possible on the voter-approved funds.

The first-term councilwoman, who represents the city’s affluent and politically active Willow Glen district, says she welcomes the challenge.

More and more South Bay residents dreaming of cheaper pastures, according to a new poll by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

With a new governor at the helm, the career lawmaker is ready to take another crack at bills vetoed time and again by past administrations.

The City Council on Tuesday will decide whether to amend local land-use regulations to allow for these adult dorms in downtown. 

A slate of proposals could add hundreds of below-market-rate residential units to San Jose’s intractably deficient housing stock.  

A San Jose dad is paying $1,500 a month on a studio for his daughter’s cats because they don’t get along with the family’s new terrier.

Whether you rent or own in the South Bay, here are some of the new rules you should know about.