Visit our page to learn more about the Rent Stabilization ProgramReceived a Notice to Vacate? Understand what they mean on ourUnderstand Eviction ProceduresEviction Help CenterSacred Heart Community Service – Rental AssistanceUnlawful Detainer - If the tenant does not voluntarily move out after the landlord has properly given the required notice to the tenant, the landlord can begin the court eviction process. In order to evict the tenant, the landlord must file an unlawful detainer lawsuit in Superior Court in the county where the rental unit is located and then properly serve you with a summons and a copy of the unlawful detainer complaint.

Visit the Heading Home website to learn more.Continuum of Care (COC)Santa Clara County Rapid RehousingBill Wilson Center – Here4You – Hotline (408)385-2400Emergency Housing Voucher(EHV)Casitas de EsperanzaYouth Homelessness Demonstration ProgramFamily Supportive Housing prioritizes shelter services for families facing urgent need - Call (408)926-8885Functional Zero - the number of housing placements for families is greater than the number of families entering homelessness.

Please visit The Office of Emergency Management website to learn more.Sign up for AlertSCCFor guides, alerts and more information visit CalOES.ca.govTips on how to prepare Ready.govBe PreparedBe InformedBe TrainedRequest an InspectionEmergency Operations Center(EOC) - the City, the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is a location from which centralized emergency management can be performed during a major emergency or disaster. This facilitates a coordinated response by the Director of Emergency Services, Emergency Management Staff, and representatives from organizations that are assigned emergency management responsibilities.

Impact fees - one-time charges assessed by a local government against a new development project to help pay for new or expanded public capital facilities that will directly address the increased demand for services created by that development.Learn more about the Committee to House the Bay Area(CASA) and the 3 P’s.BAHFA Doorway Housing PortalCity of San Jose Doorway PortalLearn about the Regional Bond Ballot Measure – Bay Area Housing For AllSign up for the BAHFA mailing list – BAHFA Mailing List

Builders Remedy - The builder's remedy is a mechanism in the Housing Accountability Act that prohibits any city that has not adopted a compliant housing element by the required deadline from applying its general plan and zoning standards to reject certain housing development projects.Housing Accountability Act - empowers the State of California to limit local government's ability to restrict the development of new housing.Housing Methodology CommitteeRegional Early Action Planning (REAP) GrantLearn more about the RHNALearn more about the Housing Element

To learn more about Planning Building and Code Enforcement, please visit the City’s  Planning Building and Code Enforcement home pageCEQA ReviewSJpermits.orgLearn more about the San José General PlanAB-2162 - require local entities to streamline the approval of housing projects containing a minimum amount of Supportive Housing by providing a ministerial approval process, removing the requirement for CEQA analysis and removing the requirement for Conditional Use Authorization or other similar discretionary entitlements granted by the Planning Commission.SB 35 - allows qualified multifamily infill projects to go through a simplified and expedited housing approval process in jurisdictions that are not on track to meet their housing production goals.

To learn more about the HomeFirst, please visit https://www.homefirstscc.org/. To learn more about the AmericanRed Cross, please visit - https://www.redcross.org/To learn more about the Office of Emergency Management, please visit - https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/office-of-the-city-manager/emergency-managementBeautify SJThe Bill Wilson Center

Thanks so much, Chad and Greg, for joining me on today’s episode. To learn more about the Lived Experience Advisory Board, please visit https://leabsv.org/. HomebaseDestination: HomeContinuum of Care (COC)Info on Interim Housing CommunitiesLived Experienced Advisory Board(LEAB) - The board is a leadership development community created and operated by individuals with current or past lived experience of homelessness. Members make recommendations for improvement and assist with the implementation of programs and services. LEAB is a platform to evaluate and shift power from traditional systems of care to those with lived experience.The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws.

To learn more about Affordable Housing Financing, please visit our website at www.sjhousing.org. Bond FundingInclusionary rental complianceDeveloper Fees and ChargesLearn about Rent StabilizationCommercial Linkage FeeRequirements for City FundingSOMOS Mayfair – their mission is to support children, organize families, and connect neighbors to uplift the dreams, power, and leadership of the community and address systemic inequities.

To learn more about Project Homekey, please visit the State website at https://www.hcd.ca.gov.  The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) - CEQA requires public agencies to “look before they leap” and consider the environmental consequences of their discretionary actions. CEQA is intended to inform government decision-makers and the public about the potential environmental effects of proposed activities and to prevent significant, avoidable environmental damage.If you are just beginning to learn about CEQA, visit their Getting Started page.Continuum of Care (COC)Santa Clara County Community Plan to End Homelessness 2020-2025Jamboree HousingLifemovesNotice of Funding Availability

To learn more about the City’s Apartment Rent ordinance and other housing ordinances, visit our website at www.sjhousing.org. San José OrdinancesLearn about Rent StabilizationLearn about the Rent RegistryUnderstanding Eviction Procedures 13 Just Causes

To learn more about the Bill Wilson Center, visit https://www.billwilsoncenter.org. John Burton Advocates For YouRapid RehousingRunaway Homeless Youth ActUnited States Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)Youth Homelessness Demonstration grantThe United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws.Handbook for HUD - Housing for Youth Aging Out of Foster CareTransitional Housing Program - provides funding to counties for child welfare services agencies to help young adults aged 18 to 24 years find and maintain housing, with priority given to those formerly in the foster care or probation systems.  Point-in-Time(PIT) - count is an annual effort led by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to estimate the number of Americans, including Veterans, without safe, stable housing.

To learn more about the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, please visit https://www.svlg.org. Terms and topics discussed:Regional Housing Needs Assessment(RHNA)The National Association of Realtors shortage trackerL.A. Times ArticleFactoryOSMeasure EBill AB 2234Deed-restricted affordable housing - refers to housing units, such as apartments, that have a use restriction that limits the rent or purchase price and requires occupancy by low-income households for a set period of time. Without deed restrictions, affordable housing can rise with the market, pricing out residents.Joint Powers Authorities(JPA) - a term used to describe government agencies that have agreed to combine their powers and resources to work on common problems.

Read Elijah's Working Paper: https://www.elijahdelacampa.com/research

To learn more about the City's ADU program, please visit the ADU program website.Visit the Mayor's website at SJBackyardHomes.com

In the state of California, developers are required to build a certain number of apartments and housing units following ADA accessibility requirements. But do those requirements actually make a difference? Is there more that can be done? On this episode, we sit down with Allie Cannington, Manager of Advocacy and Organizing for The Kelsey, and Jacky Morales-Ferrand, Director of the Housing Department, to learn about building inclusive housing for people with (and without) disabilities.To learn more about The Kelsey and the work they're doing on building affordable, inclusive housing, please visit their website.Review the Kelsey's Housing Design Standards for Accessibility and InclusionLearn more about the Curb-Cut Effect from the Stanford Social Innovation Review.Priced Out (Technical Assistance Collaborative)Learn more about the various local funding mechanisms for affordable housing:Measure A (Santa Clara County)Measure E (San José)Commercial Linkage Fee (San José)Inclusionary Housing Fees (San José)

To learn more about the City's Housing Element process and review past Housing Element plans, please visit the Housing Element Update webpage.To learn more about the Housing Element process in other cities in Santa Clara County, please visit LetsTalkHousingSCC.org.Jargon glossary:Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA): Identifies the total number of housing units for a region, separated into four affordability levels.Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG): Regional planning agency for the nine-county Bay Area of California.Assessment of Fair Housing: In-depth analysis of residential segregation and access to opportunity. State law AB 686 (2018) requires all cities and towns in California include an Assessment of Fair Housing as part of their Housing Element updates. Learn more about the City's draft Assessment of Fair Housing in a recent June 2021 memo.

To learn more about opportunity housing, please visit the Planning Department's Opportunity Housing webpage.

Learn more about the City's interim housing program: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments/housing/ending-homelessness/bridge-housing-communitiesCheck out SV@Home's Affordable Housing Month: https://siliconvalleyathome.org/events/#affordable-housing-month

2020 was a whirlwind year, challenging our collective notions about what the world around us should look like. Housing, already top of mind in California, became a national conversation. On today’s episode, we’re joined by David Friedlander, CEO of the Change Order Group, a climate and innovation-focused development company. We talk about what needs to change in the world of planning and development to ensure fewer people are unhoused, and what the future of housing might look like in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Episode TranscriptSan José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.orgResearch by Issi Romem:"Young People Don’t Want Construction Jobs. That’s a Problem for the Housing Market." Wall Street Journal, 2018."Disparity in Departure:Who Leaves the Bay Area and Where Do They Go?" Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley."Phoenix has hit 100 degrees on record-breaking half of the days in 2020." Washington Post, 2020."Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things." Netflix, 2016."Making Room: Housing for a Changing America." National Building Museum exhibition, November 2017 - January 2019."Reinventing the Residential Hotel: One Way to Help Solve the Housing Crisis Affecting San Francisco and other American Cities." Panoramic Interests, 2017."Living downtown: the history of residential hotels in the United States." Paul Groth, 1994. San Jose State University Library Listing."In Stockholm, a Turn to Sharing Homes." New York Times, 2019."Vienna’s Affordable Housing Paradise." Huffington Post, 2019.