August 4, 2020 SCC Housing Authority Employees Balk at Demand to Return to Covid-Exposed Office By Emanuel Lee Housing Authority workers says there isn’t a single thing they can do in the office that they couldn’t accomplish more safely from home. Read More 26
August 13, 2019 San Jose Outlaws Section 8 Voucher Discrimination By Grace Hase The initiative, which passed in a 9-2 vote, will come back for another reading and is slated to go into effect toward the end of September. Read More 8
June 12, 2019 Upcoming Planning Commission Appointment Will Test San Jose’s Commitment to Equity, Diversity By The Fly As San Jose’s elected leaders quibble about equity in the city’s budget, another test of their fidelity to the principle is on the horizon. Read More 11
March 7, 2018 Trouble in the Agrihood: Subsidized Development Falls Behind Schedule, Over Budget By San Jose Inside A signature development in Santa Clara that includes an urban farm and affordable housing is behind schedule and over budget. Read More 5
July 11, 2017 Tenant, Notorious Landlord Go to Court after Claims of Black Mold, Rats, Illegal Rent Hikes, Eviction By Jennifer Wadsworth A landlord notorious for letting his rental properties fall into dangerous disrepair is being accused of skirting San Jose’s tenant protection laws. Read More 28
February 8, 2017 South Bay Renters Scored Two Major Victories this Past Week By Silicon Valley Newsroom South Bay renters won two important battles in the span of a week—one in San Jose and the other for all of Santa Clara County. Read More 9
August 15, 2016 City Council Weighs Contentious Housing Project for Homeless By Jennifer Wadsworth The city has two options for the Evans Lane site: one would house people by next summer, the other would add affordable homes in the long-term. Read More 30
September 23, 2015 Housing Crisis Leaves Section 8 Renters on Outside Looking In By Jennifer Wadsworth 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. Read More 45
September 16, 2015 Silicon Valley’s Low-Income Renters Find Few Protections from Predatory Landlords By Jennifer Wadsworth A public interest lawsuit that paints one property owner as an unrepentant slumlord reflects a growing power imbalance between landlords and tenants. Read More 44