Santa Clara County will explore the idea of putting a $750 million affordable housing bond on the fall ballot.

The word of the day this past Saturday Overfelt High, where Mayor Sam Liccardo delivered his second State of The City speech, was “opportunity.”

To prevent potential displacement of hundreds of low-income residents, San Jose will consider ramping up protections for mobile home parks.

San Jose will consider exempting high-rise developments from a year-old law designed to increase the supply of affordable housing.

The City Council will debate whether to commission a study on charging an affordable housing fee for commercial development.

San Jose may open up community centers, libraries and other public buildings as cold weather shelters for thousands of homeless residents.

Owners of a Palo Alto mobile home park say the city violated their rights by requiring them to pay $8 million to relocate 400-plus tenants.

South Bay leaders on Veterans Day unveiled a campaign to get hundreds of homeless veterans off the streets.

In Santa Clara County, 1,028 people have a rental subsidy in hand but no place to use it, leaving them in shelters or on the streets.

As part of a regional effort to move people off the streets and into stable housing, the city of San Jose will consider building a “transitional community” for at least 100 people.

As housing costs soar and incomes remain relatively stagnant, San Jose aims to pass a new rent control ordinance by the start of 2016.

After months of debate, San Jose leaders will decide whether to approve a temporary ban mobile home park conversions.

At the Vatican this morning and before an audience that included Pope Francis, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo spoke about affordable housing as a solution to Silicon Valley's chasmic gap between rich and poor.

The third U.S. Social Forum will be held today through Sunday in the Washington United Youth Center in San Jose.

The California Supreme Court decided Monday that local governments can require developers to supply a certain percentage of below-market-rate housing as a condition of building permits. The landmark ruling ends a years-long legal battle for San Jose.

Santa Clara County's Board of Supervisors will spend the entire week going over a $5.5 billion budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.