Santa Clara County Housing Digest

Learn more about the plans for a development of a 9.8 acre site on River Oaks Parkway in San Jose and how you can give your input as it enters the environmental review phase of the project.

Read on for details about how the City of San Jose, PG&E and a top developer are coming together with plans for a green energy downtown featuring new data centers and housing high rises.

Learn how Mountain View is planning to drop parking requirements in parts of the city slated for new housing.

Get the details about an 80-foot building under development in Palo Alto on El Camino Real on a fast track for approval.

A forum is scheduled for November 8 to discuss how the new Los Altos Hills housing element is expected to affect local housing. Read on for details.

Track updates to a Palo Alto University Avenue housing development application which adds two stories to the height of the project.

A project to convert a former hotel on El Camino Real in Mountain View into supportive affordable housing has been completed and is now welcoming residents.

A project to potentially develop a site on East St. Jon Street in San Jose into affordable housing for seniors took a step forward with the purchase of the parcel by the Santa Clara County Housing Authority.

A report on a tour of the 110-unit teacher housing project underway at 231 Grant Street in Palo Alto.

The sale of a parcel on San Antonio Road in Mountain view paves the way for development of 100 units of affordable housing.

A look at the proposed six-story 175-unit apartment complex proposed for Moffett Boulevard in Mountain View.

In their October 17 meeting, the Palo Alto Architectural Review Board voted in favor of a plan to expand the Palo Alto Commons seniors housing complex.

The Mountain View planning commission approves a seven-story "builder's remedy" condo development.

Multiple state agencies spent nearly $24 billion on housing and homeless programs in the first five years of Gavin Newsom’s governorship, but the number of people without homes continued to grow, rising by 20% to more than 180,000 in the most recent federal count in 2023.

Owners of five contiguous parcels on North First Street in San Jose are working together on a proposal to sell their properties for development into high density housing.

California allotted half a billion dollars to help community land trusts across the state. But budget cuts and bureaucracy have land trust advocates back where they were in 2020: seeking state aid to preserve affordable housing.

How to apply rebate as part of the recent $80 million state program to electrify homes.

On October 2, the Housing Trust Silicon Valley announced a $30 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to support construction of affordable housing in the region.

Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.

A proposed African American cultural center slated to be built at a site on The Alameda in San Jose has partnered with a nonprofit housing partner to add housing to the project.

Many California farmworkers have long lacked safe and affordable places to sleep — an issue thrown into sharp relief after last year’s mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, which left seven agricultural workers dead.

Tenant advocates say giving renters 10 days to respond to eviction notices, up from 5, will help those who live in rural areas and have trouble finding legal help. Some landlords argue it will increase their costs.

At a CalMatters event, California’s insurance commissioner says the changes he’s making will help homeowners and business owners. One idea: A state grant for those who spend money to protect their property from wildfires.

A development with 138 homes has been proposed for Los Gatos near the intersection of highways 85 and 17.

The Sacramento Bee takes a look at the Proposition 33 rent-control measure on the November ballot.

A project to develop over 100 units of housing, including 20% affordable, on 49 acres on Harry Road in San Jose is under consideration.

California’s inland regions are experiencing dangerous heat waves, exacerbated by rapid population growth. As more people move away from the expensive coastal areas to more affordable inland communities, these regions are seeing significant demographic changes and spiking electricity bills.

The project to develop housing for Mountain View teachers and other school staff is complete and almost ready to open to new residents.

An exclusive CalMatters analysis of the latest California homeless count reveals some good news and bad news: Though the growth rate of homelessness appears to be slowing, the overall number of unhoused Californians increased from two years ago.

A development of three towers with over 1,000 units of housing has been proposed for South First and South Second Street in San Jose.

Amid a Southern California heat wave, about 300 advocates for rent control — with two 10-foot “greedy landlord” puppets — rallied Thursday in downtown Los Angeles, chanting: “The rent is too damn high!”

A revised application has been filed for a mixed-use development of offices and 88 housing units on University Avenue in Palo Alto.