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fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 days ago

Guevara: San Jose's 'Housing Day' is really Housing Rollback Day - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose's proposed 'Housing Day' policies prioritize developer and higher-income interests, weakening affordability and displacement protections, and threatening low-income and mobile-home owners.
fromSan Jose Spotlight
3 days ago

Op-ed: Inclusionary for who? The quiet re-redlining of San Jose's housing policy - San Jose Spotlight

The original policy tied private development to the public good. When developers built new market‑rate housing, they had to include affordable homes, some as low as 30% or 50% of the area median income (AMI) or pay fees that helped finance deeply affordable homes elsewhere. It wasn't perfect, but it at least tried to ensure that new development included racial diversity and people at the bottom of the income ladder.
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fromSan Jose Spotlight
3 days ago

San Jose considers easing housing development requirements - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose may extend developer incentives and alter inclusionary housing rules to spur housing construction, trading waived tax revenue for reduced affordable housing support.
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California
fromThe Mercury News
4 months ago

Sunnyvale recognized by state for prohousing efforts

Sunnyvale earned a 62-point Prohousing Designation, ranking seventh statewide and highest in Santa Clara County, improving competitiveness for state housing and infrastructure funding.
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